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Personal info

Full name
KRASOC, Frank Ferdinand
Date of birth
5 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35026129
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Near Grammont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 13 39

Immediate family

Members
Pavel Krasoc (father)
Anna Krasoc (mother)
Paul Krasoc (brother)
Jack Krasoc (brother)
Edward Krasoc (brother)

More information

Cpl Frank F. Krasoc graduated from Collinwood High School in January 1934. He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 27 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Registration Card, Collinwood High School
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Hudson Louie, Collinwood High School, 1934