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Personal info

Full name
WAJER, Frank Ignatius
Date of birth
25 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Baltimore County, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33556844
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Cannon Company,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Near Kientzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 22 36

Immediate family

Members
Frank A. Wajer (father)
Viola (Wisniewski) Wajer (mother)
Dolores J. Wajer (sister)
Joan H. Wajer (sister)

More information

Pfc Frank I. Wajer was employed at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 13 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Rich Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len