Enlisted record and honorable discharge certificate for Cpl Frederick G. Humphrey as he entered OCS at Fort Benning, GA.

As a student in Westport High School, Kansas City, MO, Frederick belonged to the ROTC unit.  In successive years of the school's yearbook, he was rose from Private to 2nd Lieutenant, which turned out to be prophetic.  He graduated in the class of 1940. 

Frederick registered for the draft ca. 1942.  His date of enlistment in the Army is unknown but in May, 1943 he had attained the rank of Corporal and was admitted to Officers Candidate School at Fort Bragg, NC.  In September 1943 he was discharged from the Nineteenth Company, Third Student Training Regiment to accept a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Officer Reserve Corps.

On 19 August 1944, 2nd Lt. Humphrey was transferred from the 11th Replacement Depot to Company H, 508th PIR with the principal duty of assistant platoon leader.

Unfortunately, he was killed in action on 21 September 1944 south of Beek, Holland,  by machine gun fire.

His military decorations include the Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman Badge, both awarded posthumously.