Plebanek, Frank Anthony, PFC

Deceased

TWS Ribbon Bar

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Final Rank
Private First Class

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last MOS
345-Truck Driver Light

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1944-1945, 345, 1st Allied Airborne Army

Service Years
1943 - 1948

Voice Edition

Voices Profile

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Year of Birth
1924

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Contact Info

Home Town Granite City, Illinois	Last Address 1343 N. Elderberry Ave. Ontario, CA 91762-1018
Date of Passing Jan 17, 2015
Location of Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Covina, California

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH)


	1944, 82nd Airborne Division Association - Assoc. Page
	1950, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) - Assoc. Page
	1980, 325th Glider Infantry Association
	2011, Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) - Assoc. Page
	2011, Combat Infantrymen's Association, Inc. - Assoc. Page
	2012, American Legion, Post 47 (Member) (Livermore, California) - Chap. Page

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Retired Jan. 1990 from General Dynamics, Pomona Division, Pomona, CA from position as Machine Tool Rebuilder

Other Comments:

To the memory of Trooper Frank A. Plebanek
World War Two - �??E�?? Company
325th Glider Infantry Regiment 82nd Airborne Division
May-1944 to Dec-1945
�??America�??s Greatest Generation"
From the Chapter Members of the CSM Ray Verdugo Memorial Chapter San Gabriel Valley 82nd Airborne Division Association, INC.

Remembrance Profiles - 5 Soldiers Remembered

Closen, Francis Edward, PFC, (1940-1944)	De Paepe, Raymond, SGT, (1943-1946)
Graves, Thomas, PFC	Johnson, Robert, PFC
Miller, Verl Elonzo, PVT, (1943-1944)

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Enlisted/Officer Basic Training


	1943, Basic Training (Camp Butner, NC), A

Unit Assignments


	1943-1944, 78th Infantry Division
	1943-1944, 607, D Company, 1st Battalion, 309th Infantry
	1943-1944, 605, HHC, 1st Battalion, 309th Infantry
	1943-1945, 745, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry
	1944-1945, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry
	1944-1945, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry
	1944-1945, 345, 1st Allied Airborne Army

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)/Operation Market Garden
	1944-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
	1944-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Ardennes Alsace Campaign (1944-45)
	1945-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
	1945-1945 US Occupation of Germany (WWII)