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Personal info

Full name
WRANA, Louis Frank
Date of birth
1 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Roosevelt, Taylor County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35273963
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Driver
Unit
87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
7th Armored Division,
C Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
vicinity of Overloon, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 10 9

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Wrana (father)
Apolonia Wrana (mother)
Celia Wrana (sister)
Sophie Wrana (sister)
Leo Wrana (brother)
Julia Wrana (sister)
Clara Wrana (sister)
Dorothy Wrana (sister)
Stanley Wrana (brother)
Genevieve Wrana (sister)
Helen Wrana (sister)
Lucy Wrana (sister)
John Wrana (brother)
Jack Wrana (brother)

More information

T/5 Louis F. Wrana was the son of immigrant parents, both from Poland. He attended 1 year of high school and was working as a driver before he entered the service on 4 Feb 1942 at Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org.index.htm, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records

Photo source: Jac Engels