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Personal info

Full name
FRYE, Warren Hill
Date of birth
2 November 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Husted, El Paso County, Colorado
Hometown
Clear Creek County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
O1300307
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
On the road from Sint Oedenrode to Veghel, near the Willibrordushoek
Eerde, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 4 30

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Frye (father)
Katie (Eggelson) Frye (mother)
Gertrude Frye (sister)
Thomas Frye (brother)
Hatty Frye (sister)
Amparo (Gonzalez) Frye (wife)

More information

1st Lt Warren H. Frye enlisted on 14 November 1940.

Lt Warren H. Frye approached a Sherman tank on Hell’s Highway thinking another mission accomplished. Unbeknownst to him and his men, the Germans had captured several British tanks and were using them against the Allied Forces. A grenade was thrown out of the tank that mortally wounded him.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, http://abmceducation.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://www.ww2-airborne.us