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Personal info

Full name
COLDWELL, Francis Raymond
Date of birth
28 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Morrow County, Ohio
Hometown
Congress, Morrow County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35037176
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
Schönberg, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 13

Immediate family

Members
Alfred B. Coldwell (father)
Hazel Coldwell (mother)
Rosa M. Coldwell (sister)
Donald Coldwell (brother)
Albert D. Coldwell (brother)
Roland Coldwell (brother)
Loren Coldwell (sister)
Wayne Coldwell (brother)
Veldren V. Coldwell (sister)

More information

Pfc Francis R. Coldwell attended four years of high school and was employed by the U.S. Postal Service at the Mt. Gilead Post Office.

He is remembered at the Bryn Zion Cemetery in Mount Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - Historian, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Historian