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Personal info

Full name
FRANYA, James S
Date of birth
18 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33485476
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
612th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Honsfeld, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 12 14

Immediate family

Members
John Franya (father)
Anna K. (Unakak) Franya (mother)
Stephen Franya (brother)
Paul Franya (brother)
Joseph Franya (brother)
Hellen Franya (sister)
Anna Franya (sister)

More information

Cpl James S. Franya enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 21 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Debbie Gibbons, www.wwiimemorial.com - Francis Marsh, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications WWII / 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet