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Personal info

Full name
CORL, Frank J
Date of birth
29 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Merrill, Plymouth County, South Dakota
Hometown
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37473213
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Diersfordt Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 14 17

Immediate family

Members
Frank E. Corl (father)
Ella O. (Kimerer) Corl (mother)
LaVonne Corl (sister)
Esther Corl (sister)
Mildred Corl (sister)
Lea Corl (sister)
Helen Corl (sister)
Nita Corl (sister)
Ilo Corl (sister)

More information

Frank J. Corl graduated from Larchwood High School in 1942 and went to Minnesota Bible College to become a minister. In February 1943, he left school to join the army.

He trained at Camp Roberts, California, and then he served 10 months in the Aleutian Islands. He volunteered for duty as a paratrooper, trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was sent overseas on 29 January 1945.

Source of information: FOHF, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, CWGC-ABMC / Find A Grave, www.fold3.com - 1930 Census, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 / U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity, Book: The Last Drop, Operation Varsity March 24-25, 1945 by Stephen L. Wright

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507_honor_cd.html