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Personal info

Full name
DARBY, Francis Mitchell
Date of birth
9 July 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31381376
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 12 32

Immediate family

Members
Melvin B. Darby (father)
Julia A. (Mitchell) Darby (mother)
Catherine E. Darby (sister)
George H. Darby (brother)
Charles E. Darby (brother)
Gracie H. Darby (sister)
John M. Darby (brother)
Ethel M. Darby (sister)
Elizabeth C. Darby (wife)

More information

Pvt Frank M. Darby enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 23 August 1943.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as the 41st Infantry Battalion

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - O'Conner Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record / 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Public Member Photos, The Springfield Daily Republican 23 January 1945