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Personal info

Full name
ELO, Frank
Date of birth
24 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Niles, Berrien County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36978575
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 2

Immediate family

Members
Frank Elo (father)
Elizabeth (Toth) Elo (mother)
Stephen Elo (brother)
Evelyn M. (Payne) Elo (wife)
Judith E. Elo (daughter)
Sandra Elo (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Frank Elo Jr. was employed by the Niles Lumber Comapny.

He enlisted May 1944 and trained for 17 weeks at Camp Fannin, Texas. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was killed as a result of multiple head wounds.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Richards Family Tree / New York Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Buffalo Evening News - 16 March 1945