Frank H. Vargas, former Baker Company rifleman, passed away in Chicago last month. He enlisted at the age of eighteen, trained at Camp Pendleton with First Battalion, and was badly wounded in the battle of Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, on February 1-2, 1944. Vargas spent the rest of his military career in a series of hospitals before being honorably discharged for disability in 1945, then went on to raise a family in Illinois with his wife Bernice. He has been buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
To read his obituary, please visit The Chicago Sun-Times.
Semper Fi, Frank.