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Personal info

Full name
ISLEY, Frank Bryan
Date of birth
14 November 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Alamance County, North Carolina
Hometown
Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34851180
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 15 48

Immediate family

Members
John R. Isley (father)
Lizzie B. Isley (mother)
Max Isley (brother)
Una M. Isley (sister)

More information

Frank B. Isley was employed at a drug store.

He enlisted on 23 September 1943 at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and received his basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He was then sent to Fort George G. Meade in Maryland for advanced training. He sent overseas around June 1944.

Pfc Isley was killed in a building that was bombed.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Card Young Men, www.newspapers.com - Burlington Daily Times News

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Burlington Daily Times News