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Personal info

Full name
FROST, Trayton Walter
Date of birth
17 December 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31461307
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 13 35

Immediate family

Members
James A. Frost (father)
Harriett Frost (mother)
James M. frost (brother)
Harriett Frost (sister)
Leslie frost (brother)
Stanley Frost (brother)
Sophie E. Frost (wife)

More information

Pvt Trayton W. Frost was a farmer before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 1 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Brandan van de Laarshot