Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Fr - surnames |
Angelo Frangos was born Aug. 26, 1920 to Peter H. and Helen Koutroumanis Frangos.
Cpl. Frangos served in World War II with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific.
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Steven Frangos was born July 26, 1919 to Peter H. and Helen Koutroumanis Frangos. He died July 13, 1980,
Cpl. Frangos served in World War II with the U.S. Army as an M.P.
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Christ Peter Frangos was born June 10, 1917 to Peter H. and Helen Koutroumanis Frangos. He died Nov. 17, 1944 and is buried in Story County Memorial Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Pvt. Frangos served in World War II with the U.S. Army Headquarters Battery, 11th Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Division and was KIA on Leyte, Philippine Islands. He was awarded the Silver Star.
Source: ancestry.com
Paul J. Franklin was born Mar. 3, 1914 to Benjamin and Hattie Streeter Franklin. He died Feb. 7, 1993 and is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Pvt. Franklin served in World War II with the U.S. Army 298th Infantry Regiment and 201st Port Company.
Source: ancestry.com
Gerald Glenn Frazier was born Aug. 2, 1918 to Wilbur R. and Alma Thelma Sexton Frazier. He died Aug. 28, 1986 and is buried in Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, AZ.
Gerald served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
James Francis Frazier was born Jan. 4, 1921 to Max C. and Ione Smith Frazier. He died Sept. 24, 2007 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Capt. Frazier served in World War II with the U.S. Army 29th Infantry.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Arthur Frazier was born Dec. 29, 1919 to Joseph Alexander and Mildred Mary Spear Fraser. He died Nov. 5, 1967 in CA.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps 4th Marine Air Wing in the Pacific.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert John Frazier was born Mar. 1, 1922 to Robert R. and Rose Caffery Frazier. He died Aug. 6, 2012 and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-South, Memphis, TN.
MSgt. Frazier served in World War II with the U.S. Army and was wounded aboard his ship, S.S. Empire Javelin, which was bringing the main body of U.S. 15th army headquarters to France when it was sunk in the middle of the English Channel by a German mine or torpedo. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Sherrill Palmer Freed was born Sept. 15, 1915 to Oscar Floyd and Jessie Elizabeth Walker Freed. He died Nov. 30, 1990 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Cpl. Freed served in World War II with the U.S. Army 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th “Red Bull” Division.
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Oscar David “Dave” Freed was born May 6, 1927 to Oscar Floyd and Jessie Elizabeth Walker Freed. He died Feb. 25, 2016.
Dave served in World War II with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific.
Source: ancestry.com
Ossie Freel was born May 19, 1916 to Oss and Flora Deaton Freel. He died Aug. 11, 1953 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Pvt. Freel served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
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Emmett Freel was born Aug. 18, 1918 to Oss and Flora Deaton Freel. He died Jan. 17, 1997 and is buried in Boone Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Boone, IA.
Pvt. Freel served in World War II with the U.S. U.S. Army in France and was WIA and awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Elmer Leroy Freel was born Dec. 29, 1916 to James R. and Ethel M. Crispin Freel. He died Aug. 4, 1991 and is buried in Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, FL.
Cdr. Freel served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps aboard the USS Honolulu (CL-48).
Source: ancestry.com
Stanley Milford Freeland was born Aug. 2, 1922 to Johan and Julia Rullestad Freeland. He died July 26, 1976 and is buried in Ankeny Memorial Gardens, Ankeny, IA.
Stanley served in World War II with the U.S. Army 36th Tank Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Raymond Lee Freeman was born July 13, 1919 to Fred L. and Alta May Snyder Freeman. He died Oct. 8, 1998 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Major Freeman served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
John Henry Freiberg was born Sept. 18, 1913 to Hubert N. and Mildred H. Waltz Freiberg. He died Feb. 12, 1972 and is buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA.
Pvt. Freiberg served in World War II with the U.S. Army 168th Infantry, 34th Division and was MIA in northwest Africa and became a POW of the Germans.
Source: ancestry.com
Elwood Earl French was born Apr. 5, 1922 to Harry Lee and Theo Agnes Phelps French. He died May 6, 1987 and is buried in Murphy Cemetery, Fernald, IA.
Elwood served in World War II with the U.S. Army 336th Ordnance Depot Co.
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Kenneth Lee French was born Dec. 3, 1913 to Harry Lee and Theo Agnes Phelps French. He died Sept. 11, 1997 and is buried in Murphy Cemetery, Fernald, IA.
Kenneth served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Ralph Charles French was born Nov. 1, 1916 to Charles Rutherford and Elizabeth “Lizzie” E. Deimel French. He died Apr. 10, 1996 in WA.
Ralph served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Charles Arthur French was born Feb. 13, 1904 to Charles B. and Josephine F. Higbee French. He died Mar. 12, 1946
Charles served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
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John Orr French was born June 4, 1911 to Charles B. and Josephine F. Higbee French. He died May 15, 1981 and is buried in Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL.
John served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as the Operator of Celestial Navigation Trainer at Wendover Field, UT and Rapid City, S.D.
Source: ancestry.com
Glenn Jay French was born Sept. 8, 1911 to Charles Edmund and Nancy Anna Cook French. He died Dec. 26, 1981 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Glenn served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 3507th Army Air Force Base Unit.
Source: ancestry.com
Bennett Erling Frette was born July 10, 1924 to Edward P. and Bertena Jacobson Frette.
Bennett served in World War II with the U.S. Army 556th Motor Ambulance Co.
Source: ancestry.com
LaVerne Ernest Frette was bor June 22, 1914 to Edward P. and Bertena Jacobson Frette. He died Dec. 11, 1985 and is buried in Story City Cemetery, Story City, IA.
Cpl. Frette served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Roy Arnold Frette was born Aug. 5, 1917 to Elmer Severin and Rosie Anna Hendrickson Frette. He died Feb. 15, 1993 and is buried in Story City Cemetery, Story City, IA.
Sgt. Frette served in World War II with the U.S. Army Infantry and Signal Service.
Source: ancestry.com
Richard Keller Frevert was born Feb. 26, 1914 to Frederick A. and Anna Keller Frevert. He died Aug. 9, 1990.
Richard served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps Technical Training Command and Headquarters, Material Command.
Source: ancestry.com
Wesley David Frevert was born May 28, 1921 to Wesley C. and Grace L. Maw Frevert. He died June 6, 2001.
Wesley served in World War II with the U.S. Army 288th and 12th Field Artillery Observation Battalions.
Source: ancestry.com
Archie Wilson Frick was born Oct. 9, 1918 to Lloyd Walter and Sylvia Belle Boatwright Frick. He died Feb. 22, 2018 and is buried in Bakersfield National Cemetery, Arvin, CA.
Capt. Frick served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Milton Joseph Frick was born Aug. 16, 1915 to Gust and Anna Mikelson Frick. He died Jan. 2, 2003.
Milton served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Kurt Friedrich, Sr. was born Apr. 25, 1923 to Reinhard and Wella Fritzsche Friedrich. He died July 25, 2010 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Cpl. Friedrich served in World War II with the U.S. Army 19th Combat Engineer Regiment, Mediterranean theater.
Source: ancestry.com
James Lorenz Fries was born Oct. 14, 1922 to George L. and Naomi Bernadine Anderson Fries. He died Apr. 4, 1976 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Cpl. Fries served in World War II with the U.S. Army 79th Station Hospital in Africa and the 339th Infantry, 85th Division in Italy. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Holt Friest was born Oct. 9, 1915 to Paul and Sophia Holt Friest. He died Nov. 4, 1965 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Sgt. Friest served in World War II with the U.S. Army Headquarters Battery 347th Field Artillery Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
William Alva Friley was born Mar. 20, 1917 to Charles E. and Nina L. Wood Friley. He died Oct. 12, 2001 and is buried in Eden Brook Memorial Gardens, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
William served in World War II with the U.S. Army 318th Field Artillery, 81st Infantry Division and Headquarters, 81st Infantry Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Elton Roger “Roger” Fritsch, Jr. was born Feb. 18, 1919 to Roger (Sr.) and Nettie Moon Fritsch. He died Jan. 13, 1977.
Roger served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 807th and 137th Base Units.
Source: ancestry.com
Leland T. Frost was born Dec. 15, 1911to Frank F. and Gertrude Marcella Frost. He died Feb. 7, 1981 and is buried in Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park, Hayward, CA.
Major Frost served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
David James Fruit, Sr. was born Sept. 21, 1919 to Bert L. and Annabelle Nelson Fruit. He died Sept. 21, 1919 and is buried in Saint Johns Cemetery, Merton, WI.
Capt. Fruit served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Clifford Eugene Fry was born Oct. 6, 1924 to J. Clarence and Leota V. Pool Fry. He died Oct. 28, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and has a cenotaph in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Petty Officer Fry served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was MIA/KIA—his remains were lost at sea in the Pacific area. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar & Apr 2019; updated May 2020