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Personal info

Full name
FLAHIVE, Francis Martin
Date of birth
10 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35705879
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Near Beeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 17 12

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Flahive (father)
Mary Flahive (mother)
Jack Flahive (brother)
Thomas J. Flahive (brother)
Mary Flahive (sister)
George Flahive (brother)
Dorothy Flahive (sister)

More information

Pvt Francis M. Flahive enlisted on 8 July 1943 from Louisville, Kentucky. A former employe at Cochran Foil Company, Pvt Flahive had been overseas since September.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 census, www.newspapers.com - The courier-Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The courier-Journal