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Personal info

Full name
FRATILA, Alexander Jr
Date of birth
31 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio
Hometown
Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35925913
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
North of Gremecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 99

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Fratila Sr. (father)
Mary (Urian) Fratila (mother)
Anna Fratila (sister)
Ralph Fratila (brother)
Mary Fratila (sister)
Irene Fratila (sister)
Susie (Hagi) Fratila (wife)
Norma J. Fratila (daughter)

More information

Pvt Alexander Fratila Jr. attended Salem High School for four years and was a manager at Fratila's restaurant before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 10 January 1944. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

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 Draft Crads Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Andy
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Salem, Ohio