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Personal info

Full name
HOLS, James Franklin "Frank"
Date of birth
30 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Hartley, O'Brien County, Iowa
Hometown
Rock Island County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36904693
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Near Honnef, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 13 46

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Hols (father)
Lema (McMahan) Hols (mother)
Cornelia Hols (sister)
Effie Hols (sister)
Jacob Hols (brother)
Sadie P. Hols (sister)
Lemmie M. Hols (sister)
Betty Y. (Anderson) Hols (wife)
Lyle W. Hols (son)
Frankie Y. Hols (daughter)

More information

Pfc James F. Hols was employed by the Iowa-Illinois Gas and electric Company in Rock Island.

His father was born in Holland.

At the time of his death, his brother Jacob was recovering from wounds in an army hospital in Atterbury, Indiana, which he had suffered in November 1944 in Luxembourg.

The first picture shows James Hols with his wife on their wedding in 1939.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, Jerry Hartness, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Vicki Hols-Hartness, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gergely Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Rock Island Argus 7 April 1945

Photo source: Jerry Hartness, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Vicki Hols-Hartness, www.newspapers.com - The Rock Island Argus 7 April 1945