Son of Victor Vanier & Elizabeth Vanier.
Francis served as a Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided in Rensselaer County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 17, 1944 in Albany, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Skilled Molder and also as Married.
Francis "Died Of Wounds" received in action during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 42122258
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His brother, Pvt Ernest Vanier, was also "Killed In Action" during the war and is interred in the same section & row, only 7 graves away from each other. They are one of fourteen pairs of brother's interred together in the Epinal American Cemetery, France.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Information on relationship as a brother at Epinal submitted by Dwight "Andy" Anderson.
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Son of Victor Vanier & Elizabeth Vanier.
Francis served as a Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided in Rensselaer County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 17, 1944 in Albany, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Skilled Molder and also as Married.
Francis "Died Of Wounds" received in action during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 42122258
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His brother, Pvt Ernest Vanier, was also "Killed In Action" during the war and is interred in the same section & row, only 7 graves away from each other. They are one of fourteen pairs of brother's interred together in the Epinal American Cemetery, France.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Information on relationship as a brother at Epinal submitted by Dwight "Andy" Anderson.
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Pvt. Francis William “Fran” Vanier
New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967
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Pvt. Francis William “Fran” Vanier
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Pvt. Francis William “Fran” Vanier
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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Pvt. Francis William “Fran” Vanier
U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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Pvt. Francis William “Fran” Vanier
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
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