Frank Maynard ELLIOTT
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| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 12041495 | ||||||
| AGE | 24 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12 march 1920, Mercer County, Mercer, PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
| STATE | Lawrence County PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
| FAMILY | Maried Daughter: Deranda E | ||||||
| RANK | Corporal | ||||||
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| JOB before ENLISTEMENT | Architect |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 9 january 1942 New York City NEW YORK | ||||||
| COMPANY | Company A | ||||||
| BATTALION | 741st Tank Battalion | ||||||
| DIVISION | 1st Infantry Division | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 6 juin 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Omaha Beach - Easy Red | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY de Colleville | ||||||
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Corporal Frank M. ELLIOT is sent to England in 1943 Summary of Derenda E ELLIOTT She has only two pictures of her father one before his engagement and one in uniform on leave. Frank dropped out of school to get involved. On his return he had planned to enter the Graduate School Foreign Service in Georgetown.They were interested in the affairs that were happening in the world. Frank was a gunner in a Sherman tank "Wader", he landed in the first wave of assault on Easy Red at 6:30.
The tank was hit by an artillery shell in shallow water and sank. 4 crewmembers managed to reach the beach except for one member who was injured and evacuated. Frank continued to fight on the beach until the afternoon. He was hit by artillery shells at the foot of the cliffs.Frank's wife never remarried and Deranda is their only child. All she knows about her father comes from the letters he wrote to his mother or the testimonies of the family or veterans who knew Frank. These letters were published in a magazine. President Clinton read one of these letters at commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the landing. Frank was a scholar, an athlete he was a good footballer and a good boxer, according to his comrades he was happy when a fight was triggered because it turned out that it would turn to his advantage. Frank was a sensitive and romantic man.
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Here is a link to read Frank's letters | Washingtonpost.com/local/70-years-later-love-letters-tell-of-wwii-couples-romance-and-tragedy |
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| INFORMATION SOURCE | Clive TIRLEMONT - Awon.org - Mike FORGY |
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| PICTURE SOURCE | Clive TIRLEMONT - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |