Rank: Private
Unit: Troop C, 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Entered service: 12-Nov-1942
Enlisted: Washington, DC
Enlisted by: Army of the United States – includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of the United States under Army Regulations 605-10
Date of birth: 26-Oct-1905
Hometown: Arlington County, Virginia
Marital status: Married to Catherine Faye Purvis Frinks
Campaign: World War II
Date of casualty: 17-Apr-1945
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Killed in action.
Place of interment: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
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