USMC World War II
PFC Frank W. Abbey Solomon Is, accidental death July 10, 1943
Unit 9th Defense Battalion, FMF,
Hometown: Flint, Mich.
Mother: Margaret H
service# 339260
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
In the summer of 1943, elements of the 9th, 10th, and 11th Defense Battalions supported the Army's XIV Corps in the central Solomons campaign. Other battalions helped clear the northern islands, including Bougainville,
Frank W. Abbey, PFC, United States Marine Corps, from Flint, Mich., was killed; reported in the Detroit Free Press of July 20, 1943 and Detroit News of July 15, 1943.
PFC Frank W. Abbey Solomon Is, accidental death July 10, 1943
Unit 9th Defense Battalion, FMF,
Hometown: Flint, Mich.
Mother: Margaret H
service# 339260
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
In the summer of 1943, elements of the 9th, 10th, and 11th Defense Battalions supported the Army's XIV Corps in the central Solomons campaign. Other battalions helped clear the northern islands, including Bougainville,
Frank W. Abbey, PFC, United States Marine Corps, from Flint, Mich., was killed; reported in the Detroit Free Press of July 20, 1943 and Detroit News of July 15, 1943.
USMC World War II
PFC Frank W. Abbey Solomon Is, accidental death July 10, 1943
Unit 9th Defense Battalion, FMF,
Hometown: Flint, Mich.
Mother: Margaret H
service# 339260
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
In the summer of 1943, elements of the 9th, 10th, and 11th Defense Battalions supported the Army's XIV Corps in the central Solomons campaign. Other battalions helped clear the northern islands, including Bougainville,
Frank W. Abbey, PFC, United States Marine Corps, from Flint, Mich., was killed; reported in the Detroit Free Press of July 20, 1943 and Detroit News of July 15, 1943.
PFC Frank W. Abbey Solomon Is, accidental death July 10, 1943
Unit 9th Defense Battalion, FMF,
Hometown: Flint, Mich.
Mother: Margaret H
service# 339260
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
In the summer of 1943, elements of the 9th, 10th, and 11th Defense Battalions supported the Army's XIV Corps in the central Solomons campaign. Other battalions helped clear the northern islands, including Bougainville,
Frank W. Abbey, PFC, United States Marine Corps, from Flint, Mich., was killed; reported in the Detroit Free Press of July 20, 1943 and Detroit News of July 15, 1943.
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Frank Was repatriated to Flint and buried in the New Calvary Catholic Cemetery. He is buried with his parents.
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