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Personal info

Full name
CONNER, Francis Joseph
Date of birth
11 August 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
Hometown
Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35918838
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
East of Laufenberg, Hurtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 3 9

Immediate family

Members
William C. Conner (father)
Mary M. Conner (mother)
John Conner (brother)
Catherine Conner (sister)
Robert Conner (brother)
Paul Conner (brother)
Bernard Conner (brother)
Rita Conner (sister)
Anna Conner (sister)
William Conner (brother)
Elizabeth Conner (sister)
Mary Conner (sister)
Luke Conner (brother)
Thomas Conner (brother)
Ada Conner (sister)
Catherine M. (Battista) Conner (wife)

More information

Pvt Francis J. Conner attended two years of high school and had been employed at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 14 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Struthers Ohio / Ohio Birth Index / 1930/1940 Census, http://home.scarlet.be/~sh446368/home.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com