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Personal info

Full name
MCMANUS, Frank Joseph
Date of birth
28 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey
Hometown
Aubudon, Camden County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42140147
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 January 1945
Place of death
Near Urspelt, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 46

Immediate family

Members
Frank B. McManus (father)
Catherine A. McManus (mother)
Bernard M. McManus (brother)
Mary C. McManus (sister)
Eileen R. McManus (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Frank J. McManus attended Audubon High School and was employed as a truck driver for a Coca-Cola distributor.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 11 May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery