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Personal info

Full name
CANHAM, Francis Arthur
Date of birth
22 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-1181837
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Battery,
321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 45

Immediate family

Members
Francis J. Canham (father)
Rose Canham (mother)
George J. Canham (brother)
John E. Canham (brother)
Margaret Canham (sister)

More information

1st Lt Francis A. Canham graduated from Barker High School in 1937 and worked in a machine shop.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 22 June 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.ww2-airborne.us