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Personal info

Full name
PALMER, Frank A
Date of birth
31 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
20758042
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Jenneville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 5 19

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Palmer (father)
Annie L. (McNabb) Palmer (mother)

More information

Sgt Frank A. Palmer was a driver before he joined the National Guard on 6 January 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

He is remembered at the Greenwood Cemetery in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Palmer Family Tree, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - Anonymous
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Anonymous / P. V. Hays