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Personal info

Full name
SAGE, Francis Everett
Date of birth
26 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Ogden, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Holcomb, Ontario County, New York

Military service

Service number
42026882
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
Ubach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 9 41

Immediate family

Members
Fred Sage (father)
Jennie Sage (mother)
John Sage (brother)
Olive Sage (sister)
Marie (O'Neill) Sage (wife)
Francis Sage (son)
Patricia Sage (daughter)

More information

Pfc Francis E. Sage enlisted in Rochester, New York on 11 November 1943. He trained at Camp Blanding, Florida and was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was seriously wounded in action a day earlier.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.oldhickory30th.com, Democrat and Chronicle 31 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet