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Personal info

Full name
MILDENBERGER, Frank Ralph
Date of birth
8 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Sterling, Logan County, Colorado
Hometown
Sterling, Logan County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37343598
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 17 35

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Mildenberger (father)
Anna (Wohn) Mildenberger (mother)
Mary C. Mildenberger (sister)
Angeline M. Mildenberger (sister)
John J. Mildenberger (brother)
Nicholas Mildenberger (brother)
Nicholas T. Mildenberger (brother)
Margaret C. Mildenberger (sister)
Ann Mildenberger (sister)
Elizabeth A. Mildenberger (sister)
Pauline Mildenberger (sister)
Jacob A. Mildenberger (brother)
Barbara A. Mildenberger (sister)

More information

Pvt Frank R. Mildenberger attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 19 March 1943.

He was taken prisoner of war and died of his injuries in Germany. Whether he died in a POW camp or in a hospital is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy