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Personal info

Full name
SCOTTON, Frank Willis
Date of birth
31 January 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31465191
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Near Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 8 17

Immediate family

Members
Amy T. Scotton (father)
Elsie M. Scotton (sister)
Barbara A. (Ward) Scotton (wife)
Frank W. Scotton Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Frank W. Scotton attended high school for two years and was a fireman at the town of Needham before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 25 April 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest and shoulder.

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

He is also remembered at the Needham Cemetery in Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

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 / Williams Williamson Tree / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Maureen Keillor
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - nepper / Candance Smith / Maureen Keillor