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Personal info

Full name
COLDICOTT, Frederick Brian
Date of birth
22 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
England
Hometown
Roseville, Macomb County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36960241
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
Würselen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 9 22

Immediate family

Members
Frederick B. Coldicott (father)
Stanley R. Coldicott (brother)
Elizabeth (Jacobs) Coldicott (wife)
Sally Coldicott (daughter)
Sandra Coldicott (daughter)
Fred Coldicott (son)

Biography

www.bensavelkoul.nl

More information

Pvt Frederick B. Coldicott enlisted at Camp Fannin, Texas in March 1943.

Pvt Coldicott fell in the fierce battle for the city Würselen, about three miles from Kerkrade. He moved from England to America as a three year old boy. He was called 'Brian', by his second name. He met his wife in Roseville and they got married 8 February, 1942. He worked as a metalworker for Aeronautical Products Inc. in Detroit.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Ben Savelkoul, Daisy Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, D-day in zuid Limburg-Dagboek van de bevrijding

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Sandra Britten, Herman Wolters