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Personal info

Full name
HOUSTON, Francis P
Date of birth
5 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13026365
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 4 84

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Houston (father)
Elizabeth (Hoats) Houston (mother)
John Houston (brother)

More information

Sgt Francis P. Houston attended high school for four years before he joined the Regular Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 6 January 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, ww.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wagner Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Republican and Herald - 12 October 1946