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Personal info

Full name
FRITH, Jack B
Date of birth
9 January 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Franklin County, Virginia
Hometown
Brown Hill, Franklin County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33881518
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 24

Immediate family

Members
Lucius E. Frith (father)
Verlie M. (Emerson) Frith (mother)
Mabel A. Frith (sister)
Henry M. Frith (brother)
Kermit W. Frith (brother)
Lonell Frith (brother)
Texas M. Frith (sister)
Margaret V. Frith (sister)
Loveline F. Frith (sister)

More information

Pvt Jack B. Frith attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 4 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Allen's Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Robert Libby
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy