Private First Class (PFC), 135th Engineers Combat Battalion, U.S. Army
Memorial 1946, Gold Star Heroes [and] Honor Roll, pub. for St. Charles Borromeo Church, Woburn, Mass., by the Archdiocese of Boston, p. 71:
Frank Sutton, late son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Sutton, of... this city was born in Boston on April 3, 1914. He was a graduate of Woburn High and then furthered his studies at Bryant and Stratton in Boston. In High School, Frank was a member of the track team and participated in many school tourneys. Previous to his entrance into the Army, he was employed at the General Shipyards in East Boston.
On August 13, 1943, Frank entered the Army and was assigned to the 135th Combat Engineers[,] Company C, 3rd Army. He participated in the final drive on Germany with the Third Army and served with distinction. While ferrying troops across the River Rhine, near the City of Mainz, his boat was fired on by shore batteries and subsequently it sank. He himself was so badly wounded that he was unable to make the shore and hence perished in the waters of the Rhine. For his courage in the face of the enemy he received letters of valor from President F.D. Roosevelt and General [George C.] Marshall, [U.S. Army Chief of Staff], as well as the Purple Heart.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Walter M. Sutton.
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The remains of PFC Sutton were reinterred from Germany to Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Mass., in 1949.
Memorial 1946, Gold Star Heroes [and] Honor Roll, pub. for St. Charles Borromeo Church, Woburn, Mass., by the Archdiocese of Boston, p. 71:
Frank Sutton, late son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Sutton, of... this city was born in Boston on April 3, 1914. He was a graduate of Woburn High and then furthered his studies at Bryant and Stratton in Boston. In High School, Frank was a member of the track team and participated in many school tourneys. Previous to his entrance into the Army, he was employed at the General Shipyards in East Boston.
On August 13, 1943, Frank entered the Army and was assigned to the 135th Combat Engineers[,] Company C, 3rd Army. He participated in the final drive on Germany with the Third Army and served with distinction. While ferrying troops across the River Rhine, near the City of Mainz, his boat was fired on by shore batteries and subsequently it sank. He himself was so badly wounded that he was unable to make the shore and hence perished in the waters of the Rhine. For his courage in the face of the enemy he received letters of valor from President F.D. Roosevelt and General [George C.] Marshall, [U.S. Army Chief of Staff], as well as the Purple Heart.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Walter M. Sutton.
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The remains of PFC Sutton were reinterred from Germany to Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Mass., in 1949.
Private First Class (PFC), 135th Engineers Combat Battalion, U.S. Army
Memorial 1946, Gold Star Heroes [and] Honor Roll, pub. for St. Charles Borromeo Church, Woburn, Mass., by the Archdiocese of Boston, p. 71:
Frank Sutton, late son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Sutton, of... this city was born in Boston on April 3, 1914. He was a graduate of Woburn High and then furthered his studies at Bryant and Stratton in Boston. In High School, Frank was a member of the track team and participated in many school tourneys. Previous to his entrance into the Army, he was employed at the General Shipyards in East Boston.
On August 13, 1943, Frank entered the Army and was assigned to the 135th Combat Engineers[,] Company C, 3rd Army. He participated in the final drive on Germany with the Third Army and served with distinction. While ferrying troops across the River Rhine, near the City of Mainz, his boat was fired on by shore batteries and subsequently it sank. He himself was so badly wounded that he was unable to make the shore and hence perished in the waters of the Rhine. For his courage in the face of the enemy he received letters of valor from President F.D. Roosevelt and General [George C.] Marshall, [U.S. Army Chief of Staff], as well as the Purple Heart.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Walter M. Sutton.
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The remains of PFC Sutton were reinterred from Germany to Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Mass., in 1949.
Memorial 1946, Gold Star Heroes [and] Honor Roll, pub. for St. Charles Borromeo Church, Woburn, Mass., by the Archdiocese of Boston, p. 71:
Frank Sutton, late son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Sutton, of... this city was born in Boston on April 3, 1914. He was a graduate of Woburn High and then furthered his studies at Bryant and Stratton in Boston. In High School, Frank was a member of the track team and participated in many school tourneys. Previous to his entrance into the Army, he was employed at the General Shipyards in East Boston.
On August 13, 1943, Frank entered the Army and was assigned to the 135th Combat Engineers[,] Company C, 3rd Army. He participated in the final drive on Germany with the Third Army and served with distinction. While ferrying troops across the River Rhine, near the City of Mainz, his boat was fired on by shore batteries and subsequently it sank. He himself was so badly wounded that he was unable to make the shore and hence perished in the waters of the Rhine. For his courage in the face of the enemy he received letters of valor from President F.D. Roosevelt and General [George C.] Marshall, [U.S. Army Chief of Staff], as well as the Purple Heart.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Walter M. Sutton.
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The remains of PFC Sutton were reinterred from Germany to Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Mass., in 1949.
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KILLED IN ACTION IN MAINZ ON THE RHINE, GERMANY
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