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FRANKLIN, Willard K - Date of
birth
22 July 1910 -
Age
34 - Place of
birth
Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri -
Hometown
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37179685 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
16 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near Dillingen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 40 | 23 |
Immediate family
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Members
Frank E. Franklin (brother)
More information
S/Sgt Willard K. Franklin was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.He is remembered at the Liberal Cemetery in Liberal, Seward County, Kansas.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Laura Yousey Ball
Photo source: Ralph Peeters - St. Louis Post Dispatch - 4 January 1945, www.findagrave.com - Oz