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Personal info

Full name
SCOTT, Frank O Jr
Date of birth
27 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York
Hometown
Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York

Military service

Service number
42094072
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Manhay, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 5 20

Immediate family

Members
Frank Scott (father)
Ethlyn Scott (mother)
Richard Scott (brother)
Willard Scott (brother)

More information

Pvt Frank O. Scott Jr. enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 28 January 1944.

He was killed by friendly artillery fire.

He is remembered at the Sunset Hill Cemetery in Lakewood, Chautauqua County, New York.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.517prct.org, www.ancestry.com - New York State Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Daniel and Audrey Briggs / Dominique Potier, Jamestown Post Journal - 1 September 1945