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PVT Frank John Yash

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PVT Frank John Yash Veteran

Birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
2 Dec 1944 (aged 27)
Merode, Kreis Düren, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.2286708, Longitude: -73.1520488
Memorial ID
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #31461801
Enlistment Date: 04/05/1944
C Company, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Frank J. Yash is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Fairfield County, Connecticut.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as 1049 Pembroke Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Contact person listed as Andrew John Yash (Father) of same address. Employed by Bridgeport Brass Company, 774 East Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists his burial location as St. John the Baptist Greek Catholic cemetery at Nicols Avenue, Stratford, Connecticut. Form signed for by Andrew Yash of 1049 Pembroke Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut on 12/17/1949.

***I would like to thank G. Matisyn Find A Grave ID 48576343 for posting her gravesite photo to this memorial***
U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #31461801
Enlistment Date: 04/05/1944
C Company, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Frank J. Yash is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Fairfield County, Connecticut.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as 1049 Pembroke Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Contact person listed as Andrew John Yash (Father) of same address. Employed by Bridgeport Brass Company, 774 East Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists his burial location as St. John the Baptist Greek Catholic cemetery at Nicols Avenue, Stratford, Connecticut. Form signed for by Andrew Yash of 1049 Pembroke Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut on 12/17/1949.

***I would like to thank G. Matisyn Find A Grave ID 48576343 for posting her gravesite photo to this memorial***

Inscription

FRANK J YASH
CONNECTICUT
PVT 26 INFANTRY
1 INFANTRY DIV
WORLD WAR II
MAY 3 1917
DECEMBER 2 1944



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  • Created by: Eric Ackerman
  • Added: Apr 6, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144662624/frank_john-yash: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Frank John Yash (3 May 1917–2 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 144662624, citing Saint John the Baptist Orthodox Cemetery, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).