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Personal info

Full name
BOURNE, Frank Archie
Date of birth
27 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Horry County, South Carolina
Hometown
Conway, Horry County, South Carolina
Ethnicity
White

Military service

Service number
34213688
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Koblenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 6 26

Immediate family

Members
Mack W. Bourne (father)
Hester A. (Martin) Bourne (mother)
William L. Bourne (brother)
Juanita B. Bourne (sister)
Nettie B. Bourne (sister)
Henry M. Bourne (brother)
McNiel Bourne (brother)
Marvin Bourne (brother)
Annette Bourne (sister)

More information

Pfc Frank A. Bourne worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 3 March 1942.

He is remembered at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Conway, Horry County, South Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Nettie B. Hagstrum, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wendy Lofton Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Mike Phillips