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Personal info

Full name
KNUDSEN, Frank William
Date of birth
7 February 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31469091
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Medebach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 1 23

Immediate family

Members
Harry J. C. Knudsen (father)
Bertha E. (Fredricksen) Knudsen (mother)
Alice T. Knudsen (sister)
Kaspara Knudsen (brother)
Charlotte (Donovan) Knudsen (wife)
Frank Knudsen (son)
Mary Knudsen (daughter)
Florence Knudsen (daughter)
Beverly Knudsen (daughter)
Theresa Knudsen (daughter)

More information

Pvt Frank Knudsen's parents were from Norway.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 5 June 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Chevis Family Tree / 1940+1950 Census / U.S. Marriage Records / U.S. Massachusetts State and Federal Naturalization Records

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet