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Personal info

Full name
HOOVER, Franklin Flory
Date of birth
17 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia
Hometown
Rockingham County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
13179909
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 38 28

Immediate family

Members
Saylor C. Hoover (father)
Ruby M. (Brill) Hoover (mother)
John E. Hoover (brother)
Eleanor R. Hoover (sister)
Mary L. Hoover (sister)

More information

Sgt Franklin F. Hoover joined the Regular Army in Dallas, Texas on 5 July 1943.

He attended attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute as part of the Class of 1946.

He was killed by mortar fire.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mr. & Mrs. John E. Hoover, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Klein Frederick Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: -, www.wiimemorial.com - Mr. & Mrs. John E. Hoover, Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1943