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Personal info

Full name
STEIN, John Franklin
Date of birth
9 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33934129
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Gros-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 10 3

Immediate family

Members
George E. Stein (father)
Katie S. (Bliem) Stein (mother)
Pauline Stein (sister)
Kathryn M. Stein (sister)
Edward Stein (brother)
Frederick Stein (brother)
Vincent T. Stein (brother)
Sarah Stein (sister)

More information

Pfc John F. Stein attended Pottstown High School and was employed at the Vaughan Knitting Mills before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 14 April 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his shoulder.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Alpha Weller family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Mercury 23 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - Mike W