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Personal info

Full name
PANNER, Frank
Date of birth
2 March 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33713961
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 38

Immediate family

Members
John Panner (father)
Theresa A. (Nikischer) Panner (mother)
Edna T. Panner (sister)
John C. Panner (brother)
Albert J. Panner (brother)
Hermine M. Panner (sister)
Walter T. Panner (brother)
Marguerite R. Panner (sister)
Dorothy J. Panner (sister)
Esther L. (Villwock) Panner (wife)
Ronald F. Panner (son)

More information

Pvt Frank Panner attended high school for four years and was a compositor and typesetter at the department of Carnegie Library before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 10 December 1943.

He was reported wounded in action on 29 December 1944, caused by artillery shell fragments to his buttock and hip and stomach and died on 4 January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Scott JR Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Linda S / Larry Lovejoy, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Pittsburgh Press 10 March 1945