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[courtesy of Linda Owen]
Grave marker for Miles D. Frank in Lincoln Cemetery, Lebo
(Coffey county), Kansas.
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Miles registered for the draft in Burlington, KS on 19 December
1942. HE enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, KS on 20 April 1943 and was inducted into
the Army a week later. Pfc Frank was
transferred from Hq 82nd Airborne Division, Leicester, England to Co G, 508TH PIR on
7 August 1944. In December 1944 Pfc
Frank was admitted to a field hospital with the diagnosis of " Location Chin;
Causative Agent: Bullet, Rifle, Casualty, battle, Penicillin therapy (treatment
with penicillin)." He was returned to duty in January 1945. [note: these
medical reports show month and year only] |