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Personal info

Full name
CAROTHERS, Frank Kellar "Zeke"
Date of birth
5 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31371047
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zundert, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 15 55

Immediate family

Members
Frank K. Carothers (father)

More information

Pfc Frank K. Carothers graduated from Van Wert High School, before entering Harvard in September 1942. He majored in Slavic languages and literature.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 12 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbook / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, U.S. School Yearbook