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Personal info

Full name
FRANKLIN, Harry Ernest Jr
Date of birth
5 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32055270
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 8 20

Immediate family

Members
Harry E. Franklin (father)
Helen Franklin (mother)
Margaret E. Franklin (sister)
Robert Franklin (brother)
Mary E. (O'Donnell) Franklin (wife)
Anita M. Franklin (daughter)

More information

Pfc Harry E. Franklin Jr. attended high school for one year and was employed at the A. K. De Lemos Music Company before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 28 November 1940.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck and face.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Walker Kunig Family Tree / 1940 Census / New Jersey Marriage Index, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy