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Personal info

Full name
CANFIELD, Frank Edward
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
Hometown
Varina, Henrico County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
20361717
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Tendon, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 4

Immediate family

Members
James H. Canfield (father)
Mamie L. (Amory) Canfield (mother)
Madelyn V. Canfield (sister)
Anne M. Canfield (sister)
John J. Canfield (brother)
Arthur H. Canfield (brother)
William S. Canfield (brother)
Dorothy V. Canfield (sister)
Shirley M. Canfield (sister)
Gordon A. Canfield (brother)
Elsie J. (Demuth) Canfield (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Frank E. Canfield joined the National Guard in Richmond, Virginia on 3 February 1941.

He was married to Elsie J. Demuth on 3 July 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Virginia Marriage Records / 142ndaar-.pdf / https://36th-id/frb/io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Bill Wheeler - Library of Virginia