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Personal info

Full name
KVAMMEN, Francis J
Date of birth
16 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Wheatland, Cass County, North Dakota
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36306664
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Near Dòmevre-sur-Vezouze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 2 26

Immediate family

Members
Peter N. Kvammen (father)
Thora (Pederson) Kvammen (mother)
Augustine Kvammen (brother)
Hilda Kvammen (sister)
Molly A. Kvammen (sister)
Clifford Kvammen (brother)
Florence M. Kvammen (sister)
Edward Kvammen (brother)
Evelyn Kvammen (sister)
Thelma P. Kvammen (sister)
Murline Kvammen (sister)
Phillip P. Kvammen (brother)

More information

Pfc Francis J. Kvammen attended high school for four years and was a waiter before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 26 November 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire to his chest.

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 Hospital Admission Card / Joanne's Family Tree / 1940 Census, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy