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Personal info

Full name
FRESE, Harry John
Date of birth
25 September 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Thorpe, Clark County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Thorp, Clark County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36206233
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Consdorf – Berdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 85

Immediate family

Members
John Frese (father)
Minerva Frese (mother)
Hazel Frese (sister)
Emmet Frese (brother)
Mabel Freze (sister)

More information

Pfc Harry J. Frese was employed at W. C. Smith Logging in Watersmeet, Michigan.

He enlisted in the Regular Army in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 7 April 1941.

Pfc Frese was first buried at Grand Failly Cemetery, Longuyon, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Frese Family Tree / A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder & James G. Bilder, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, www.ancestry.com - Bobfrese1