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Personal info

Full name
FREDERICK, John Edward
Date of birth
18 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio
Hometown
Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35297726
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rupt-sur-Moselle and Ferdrupt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 13

Immediate family

Members
Dearl Frederick (father)
Mary M. (Cramer) Frederick (mother)
Jane A. Frederick (sister)

More information

Pvt John E. Frederick attended Bellevue High School and was a college student before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 23 December 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in the abdomen.

He is also remembered at a monument in Rupt-sur-Moselle, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Douglas Long