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Personal info

Full name
SALAMON, Frederick
Date of birth
5 July 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Stowe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16159939
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
21st Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
13 January 1946
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Herman Salamon (father)
Elizabeth Salamon (mother)

More information

Pvt Frederick Salamon graduated from Hamtramck High School and attended Wayne University.

He enlisted in the Air Corps on 27 November 1942 in Detroit, Michigan. He was sent overseas in September 1943.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Astrid van Erp