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Personal info

Full name
FISHER, Frank Allison
Date of birth
24 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Hometown
Henrico County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33636867
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 18 28

Immediate family

Members
John C. Fisher (father)
Eliza D. (Culp) Fisher (mother)
Joshesie L. Fisher (sister)
Cleyburn Fisher (brother)
Lorna Fisher (sister)
Maud Fisher (sister)
Loyd Fisher (brother)
William R. Fisher (brother)
Cornelia M. Fisher (sister)
Frances L. Fisher (sister)
Mildred (Woodcock) Fisher (wife)

More information

Pfc Frank A. Fisher was employed at the Richmond Structural Steel Co before he entered the service.

He enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 8 May 1943 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1900/1910/1930/1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/325/325_honor_eg.html

Photo source: Math Luijten, Carol Mallory