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Personal info

Full name
PRANTLE, Frederick Peter "Fred"
Date of birth
24 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Mount Angel, Marion County, Oregon
Hometown
Mount Angel, Marion County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39474892
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
355th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sankt Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 38 24

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Prantle (father)
Eva M. (Mittelbrunn) Prantle (mother)
Magdalene Prantle (sister)
Genevieve R. Prantle (sister)
Josephine T. Prantle (sister)
Julius Prantle (brother)
Maurice A. Nissen (half-brother)
Anna M. Nissen (half-sister)
Garnett E. (Bascue) Prantle (wife)
Leroy F. Prantle (son)

More information

Pfc Frederick P. Prantle was married to Garnett Eugenia Bascue in Marion County, Oregon on 25 October 1941.

He enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 10 May 1944 and received his training at Camp Roberts, California and Camp Butler, Ohio.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Indiana Birth Certificates 1907-1940, www.newspapers.com - The Capital Journal 17 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Joel Prantle