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Slane, Francis Joseph

Date of birth:
July 11th, 1923 (Philadelphia/Pennsylvania, United States)
Date of death:
June 7th, 1944 (Normandy, France)
Buried on:
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: J. Row: 12. Grave: 7.
Service number:
13 098 723
Nationality:
American

Biography

Private Slane was taken prisoner on 6 June 1944 and placed in a truck convey carrying many U.S. POW's. Private Slane was killed when Allied fighters strafed the convoy.

The son of Peter Patrick and Catherine Veronica McMullen Slane.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private
Unit:
Company B, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded for:
Operation Overlord
Killed In Action.

Posthumously awarded.
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private
Unit:
Company B, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

Posthumously awarded.
Combat Infantryman Badge

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