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Personal info

Full name
MULLEN, Francis A
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31353916
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Reipertswiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 55

Immediate family

Members
Frank A. Mullen (father)
Joanna J. Mullen (mother)
Patricia Mullen (sister)
Engene Mullen (brother)
Eileen Mullen (sister)

More information

Pfc Francis A. Mullen attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 28 April 1943.

He is remembered at the Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – John Maters Caspole Jr.
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / John Mathers Caspole Jr., The Boston Globe 13 December 1945