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Personal info

Full name
EVANS, Frank
Date of birth
25 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Boyd County, Kentucky
Hometown
Logan County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15054623
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 7

Immediate family

Members
David Evans (father)
Dovie Evans (mother)
Howard Evans (brother)
Oscar Evans (brother)
Grace Evans (sister)
Willard Evans (brother)
Chester Evans (brother)
Jimmy Evans (brother)
Johnny Evans (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Frank Evans joined the Regular Army in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 17 August 1940.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, Kentucky Birth Index
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, WWII Young American Patriots, www.ancestry.com - Frank Evans