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Last Rank
Sergeant
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Last Service Branch
Field Artillery
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Last Primary MOS
844-Gun Crewman Light Artillery
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Last MOS Group
Field Artillery (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1945-1945, 17th Airborne Division
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Service Years
1942 - 1945
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Personal Details
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Home State
Michigan | |
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Year of Birth
1916 |
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Surik, Frank A., Sgt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
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Last Address
OWOSSO, MICHIGAN
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Casualty Date
Apr 19, 1945 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died of Wounds |
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Location
Germany |
Conflict
World War II |
Location of Interment
American Cemetery - Netherlands, Netherlands |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
J, 2, 2 |
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Last Known Activity
Sgt. Frank Surik served with the 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battaion, 17th Airborne Division. His unit arrived in England in August 1944. A 75mm unit.
The unit served in the ETO during the Batttle of the Bulge, the Ardennes Campaign, as ground forces.
He was killed following the mass jump over the Rhine on 24 March 1945. He died near Rhade, Germany.. Known as Operation Plunder under the general plan known as, this was the first airborne assault since Operation Market Garden.
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