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Personal info

Full name
FRANK, William "Willie"
Date of birth
15 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Hillburn, Rockland County, New York
Hometown
Sullivan County, New York

Military service

Service number
32908881
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
West of the Rur River in the sector of Düren-Merken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 7 22

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Frank (father)
Theresa (Miedler) Frank (mother)
Michael Adduce (stepfather)
Frances M. Frank (sister)
Joseph Adduce (half-brother)
Florence Adduce (half-sister)
Michaël Adduce (half-brother)
Anthony Adduce (half-brother)
Rosemarie Adduce (half-sister)
John Adduce (half-brother)
Alfred Adduce (half-brother)
Richard Adduce (half-brother)
Stella Frank (wife)
Catherine Frank (daughter)

More information

T/4 William Frank was a plasterer.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 May 1943.

On one picture William Frank poses with his wife.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, André Koch, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Cards, 1920/1930 Census, Alfred Adduce, Margaret Adduce

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Margaret Adduce