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Personal info

Full name
FRIES, Valentine A Jr
Date of birth
2 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Milan, Erie County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35299032
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 November 1944
Place of death
Near Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 7 34

Immediate family

Members
Valentine A. Fries Sr. (father)
Irma L. (Brockett) Fries (mother)
Jacquelyn A. Fries (sister)

More information

Pvt Valentine A. Fries attended high school for 3 years before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio, on 19 January 1944. He was stationed at Camp Blanding, Florida and was sent overseas in June 1944, landing in Italy.

Since then, he had been on the battlefront continuously until 1 November 1944 when he got a three day rest period behind the lines. He had rejoined his company on the same day he was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Mike Ohio, www.newspapers.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy