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Personal info

Full name
DOWNING, Francis Wayne "Bud"
Date of birth
5 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Peoria County, Illinois
Hometown
Peoria County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36906706
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 10 8

Immediate family

Members
Leslie C. Downing (father)
Forest N. (McDaniel) Downing (mother)
Kathleen Downing (sister)
Eileen A. (Wieland) Downing (wife)
Wayne A. Downing (son)
Marlianne Downing (daughter)
Beth L. Downing (daughter)

More information

Pfc. Francis W. Downing graduated from Manual Training High School in 1939. He had participated in football, basketball and track during his school days.

He was marshalling POW's to POW camps when he was killed by an armed German prisoner.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.findagrave.com - David C. Henderson

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Manual Training High School, 1936, 1938, 1939