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Personal info

Full name
ZALATAN, Frank
Date of birth
29 December 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Utica, Oneida County, New York
Hometown
Utica, Oneida County, New York

Military service

Service number
12072652
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Near Malaucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 13 84

Immediate family

Members
George Zalatan (father)
Rose Zalatan (mother)
Mary Zalatan (sister)
John Zalatan (brother)
Joseph Zalatan (brother)
Samuel Zalatan (brother)

More information

Pvt Frank Zalatan was employed at the Mohawk Knitting Company before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Syracuse, New York on 11 April 1942.

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 / 1930/1940 Census, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
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