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Franklin Joseph Karal

NAME:
Franklin Joseph Karal
NICKNAME:
Frank
SERVICE NUMBER:
346039
HOME OF RECORD:
Fairfax, IA
NEXT OF KIN:
Wife, Mrs. Marie E. Karal
DATE OF BIRTH:
9/30/1920
SERVICE DATES:
1/6/1942 – 1/5/1946
DATE OF DEATH:
10/7/2017
CAMPAIGNUNITMOSRATERESULT
GuadalcanalL/3/2PFC 
None ServedHQ/1/24607PFC 
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS:
LAST KNOWN RANK:
Private First Class

PFC Karal served with the 81mm mortar platoon of HQ/1/24 from May 1945 through the end of the war.

The Cedar Rapids Gazette, 13 August 1943.

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