Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Frank Faye Rausch

BranchArmy
RankSergeant - Hatch Foreman 271
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service08/27/1942 – 10/17/1945
Date of Birth06/17/1921
Date of Death10/09/1988
HometownDover, OH
AwardsBronze Star, Presidential Unit Citation, 1 Bronze Arrowhead, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal with4 Bronze Stars, French Jubilee Liberty Medal, D-Day Normandy Invasion, Good Conduct Medal
Burial LocationParis Twp: Oakdale
Monument PaverSection D
SourceDD-214, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 3, p. 289

Overseas service: GO33 & 40 WD 45 North Africa, Sicily, Rome-Arno; Southern France, Rhineland, D-Day Normandy invasion.; Sailed on Queen Mary on 6 Jan'43, to England, North Africa (Algiers seaport),served under U.S.General Patton. School: New Dover Rural High School. MIA in the Invasion of Sicily for twelve days,on board SSRobert Rowan 11July 1943 see Heroes from Heartland p. 98; 2 years, 9 months, 5 days overseas as winch operator (473) and Hatch Foreman 271)

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