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Personal info

Full name
SPAULDING, Frank Lamott
Date of birth
4 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
12005117
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 13 2

Immediate family

Members
Frank L. Spaulding (father)
Elda C. (Cook) Spaulding (mother)
Julia C. Spaulding (sister)

More information

Cpl Frank L. Spaulding enlisted in Albany, New York on 9 November 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/502/502_honor_st.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / New York State Birth Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten