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Personal info

Full name
BLACK, Frederick Everett
Date of birth
25 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33407901
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Herbert O. Black (father)
Florence E. (Coxson) Black (mother)
Virginia E. Black (sister)
Dorothea E. Black (sister)
Martha J. Black (sister)
Alice L. Black (sister)

More information

Pfc Frederick E. Black attended 1 year of college before heenlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 14 December 1942.

He is remembered at the Woodland Cemetery in Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Don Cook, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / 1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Don Cook, Hannah Majewski - Steve Jaminson