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Personal info

Full name
REMUS, Franklin G
Date of birth
9 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36630755
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
25 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 15 5

Immediate family

Members
Frank Remus (father)
Marie Remus (mother)
Frances Remus (brother)

More information

Pvt. Franklin G. Remus was a 1938 graduate of Lindblom High school.

He died from an accidental gunshot wound.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, Chicago Tribune - 27 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lindblom High School yearbook, 1938