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Personal info

Full name
BARAN, Frank
Date of birth
15 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Emery, Price County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36203749
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
Serrig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 38

Immediate family

Members
Mike J. Baran (father)
Anna (Mikiska) Baran (mother)
John Baran (brother)
Michael J. Baran (brother)
Ann M. Baran (sister)
Andy Baran (brother)
Nicholas R. Baran (brother)
Magdalene Baran (sister)
George Baran (brother)

More information

T/4 Frank Baran was a driver before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 13 March 1941.

His parents and his brother Michael were born in Czechoslovakia. Frank was the first child of the family who was born in the U.S.A.

His was killed by artillery shell fragments to the head.

His brother, Michael J. Baran, is buried at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial of Epinal, France.

The VFW post in Phillips, Wisconsin is named in their honor.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Isabelle Maas - Interpretive Guide Luxemburg American Cemetery, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Saczko Branch Tree / Minnesota Birth Index, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery