RAIDERS Whittlesey, Frank Russell

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Whittlesey​

• FORENAME

Frank Russell​

• UNIT

1st Raider Battalion (Company B)​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

372015​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th September 1942​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 05.07.1921, Manhattan, New York, USA​

father Melzar Merrick Whittlesey (1893-1983)​

mother Mary Adelaide (nee Gould) Whittlesey (1888-1972)​

uncle Charles Whittlesey awarded MOH WW1​

28.01.1942 entered service USMC​

16.03.1942 Raider​

Next of kin - Parents. Mr. & Mrs. Melzar Whittlesey, 1021 Park Avenue, New York​

1989 remains located​

1992 repatriated​

KIA Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands​

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Tablets of the Missing.​

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