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Personal info

Full name
SWEENEY, Frank Joseph
Date of birth
27 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Hometown
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37283322
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Saint-Epvre, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 14

Immediate family

Members
Henry J. Sweeney (father)
Mary J. (Kanedy) Sweeney (mother)
Henry M. Sweeney (brother)
Mary B. Sweeney (sister)
Helen K. Sweeney (sister)

More information

Pfc Frank J. Sweeney was unemployed when he enlisted on 16 October 1940.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Minnesota Birth Index
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Delphine Richter Thomas