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Personal info

Full name
FLYNN, Francis P
Date of birth
6 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
Hometown
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32939440
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Le Mettey Hill, in the vicinity of Vagney, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 40 6

Immediate family

Members
Frank E. Flynn (father)
Ella J. (Brennan) Flynn (mother)
Robert L. Flynn (brother)
Barbara G. Flynn (sister)
Donald R. Flynn (brother)

More information

Pfc Francis P. Flynn attended East High School as Class of 1944 and was still a student when he enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 3 August 1943. He was sent to North Africa in February 1944.

From May 1944 to June 1944, he was hospitalized in Italy for wounds at his arm caused by artillery shell fragments.

He was killed by small arms fire in the spinal cord.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy