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Personal info

Full name
SPLEEN, Frank Paul
Date of birth
20 September 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Palermo, Italy
Hometown
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33833874
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
774th Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 13 14

Immediate family

Members
Frank Spleen (father)
Anna Spleen (mother)
Sam Spleen (brother)
Steve Spleen (brother)
John Spleen (brother)
Jennie Spleen (sister)
Anna Spleen (sister)
Mary E. (Ladden) Spleen (wife)
Mary A. Spleen (daughter)

More information

Pvt Frank P. Spleen immigrated to the United States when he was four. During his school years he was a good basketball player. He was employed by the P. & R. Shops.

Before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 28 October 1943, he had served in the National Guard for 15 years. He trained at Fort Bragg and Camp Hood. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He is remembered at the Calvary Cemetery of Mount Carbon, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com – John Farro, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File, http://files.usgwarchives.net/, www.newspapers.com - Pottsville Republican 28 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/FrankPSpleen/2615071, www.newspapers.com - Pottsville Republican 28 December 1944