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Personal info

Full name
HROVAT, Frank John
Date of birth
7 March 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35285270
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Tank Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 18 29

Immediate family

Members
Frank Hrovat (father)
Mary Hrovat (mother)
Victor Hrovat (brother)
Edward Hrovat (brother)
Maryanne Hrovat (sister)
Ralph Hrovat (brother)
Raymond Hrovat (brother)
Patricia Hrovat (sister)

More information

Sgt. Frank J. Hrovat attended South High School for two years and was employed at American Steel & Wire Company.

He enlisted at Camp Perry Lacarne in Ohio on 17 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Ohio Birth Index 1908-1964. www.fold3.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, The Plain Dealer 11 May 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten