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Personal info

Full name
GRELLE, Frank Joseph
Date of birth
4 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31420410
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 21 19

Immediate family

Members
Pasquale Grelle (father)
Ursilla Grelle (mother)
Jennie V. Grelle (sister)
Peter Grelle (sister)
Carmen Grelle (sister)
Mario Grelle (brother)

More information

Pvt Frank J. Grelle enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 September 1943.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Margraten, Plot PPP, Row 10, Grave 249.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, WW2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Toon & Corrina Halters