US PARAS Campos, Frank

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Campos ​

• FORENAME

Frank ​

• UNIT

509 Parachute Infantry Battalion (Company B) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

39410050 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th August 1944 ​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Sacramento, California​

born 25.07.1923 Broderic, California, USA​

father Luis Campos (1880-1934)​

mother Juanita (nee Gallegos) Campos (1886-1967)​

3 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled occupation in fabrication of metal products​

employed by American Can Company​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

30.06.1942 draft card Sacramento, Sacramento County, California​

15.02.1943 entered service Sacramento, California​

HQ 9th Replacement Depot​

509 PIR (Company G,2 Bn)​

509 PIB (Company B)​

award Bronze Star​

MIA Gulf of St Tropez, South France ​

1945 brother PFC Mark Campos KIA Okinawa​

Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA (Memorial)​

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