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Personal info

Full name
BLOOM, Francis A "Frank"
Date of birth
21 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
DeWitt City, Clinton County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36028763
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Saint-Jacques-Bergeval, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 14 49

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Bloom (father)
Florence M. (Conwell) Bloom (mother)
Mary F. Bloom (sister)
Ann A. Bloom (sister)
Joseph A. Bloom (brother)
Thomas A. Bloom (brother)
Florence A. Bloom (sister)
Josephine A. Bloom (sister)
Louis A. Bloom (brother)

More information

Pfc Francis Bloom attended college and was a stenographer and typist.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 23 April 1941.

He was first buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 6 January 1945. His remains were disinterred on 23 October 1947 and prepared and placed in a casket on 24 October 1947. He was given his final resting place on 8 July 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.517prct.org, IDPF

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