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Personal info

Full name
STAAL, Frank Edward
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Lodi, Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Lodi, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32056349
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Near Ehingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 17 21

Immediate family

Members
Jacobus Staal (father)
Nellie T. Staal (mother)
Edward Staal (brother)
Cornelius Staal (brother)
William Staal (brother)
Marjorie Staal (sister)

More information

Pfc Frank E. Staal attended Garfield High School and was a farmer on the family dairy farm before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 15 January 1941. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head and shoulder.

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 Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Record 3 May 1945

Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Herald News New Jersey 2 May 1945