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Personal info

Full name
REARDON, Francis Louis
Date of birth
27 February 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O1287240
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 10 23

Immediate family

Members
Frank H. Reardon (father)
Louise E. (Fitzgerald) Reardon (mother)
Helen A. Reardon (sister)
Louise M. (Lemmilin) Reardon (wife)
Jon C. Reardon (son)
Michael F. Reardon (son)

More information

Capt Francis L. Reardon graduated from Murdock High School in 1937 and was a car washer.

He joined the National Guard in Fitchburg, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941. He attended Officer’s Training School Fort Benning, Georgia and in 1942, he received his commission as lieutenant. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was taken prisoner in Luxembourg on 20 December 1944 and died in Oflag XIII-B.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / McMillan Hemingway Family Tree / 1920/1940 Census, Mike Richard - Gardner News
Photo source: -, Mike Richard - Gardner News