Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Fr- surnames |
Kenneth Carl Fraaken was born Mar. 16, 1921 to Carl E. and Beulah Jane Breen Fraaken. He died Aug. 9, 1942 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines and in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Pvt. Fraaken served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34) and was MIA/FOD/KIA when that ship was sunk during the Battle of Savo Island
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Wallace Frakes was born May 20, 1905 to Frank Robert and Mabel Clair Latham Frakes. He died Feb. 12, 1948 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Sgt. Frakes served in World War II with the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth Dean Frankhouser was born Jan. 9, 1923 to Harold and Ruth Vivian Becker Frankhouser. He died June 13, 1946 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. Kenneth served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Raleigh Kenmore Franklin was born Sept. 18, 1893 to George W. and Nancy E. Bishop Franklin. He died Jan. 12, 1947 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
Leonard Albert Fritz was born Feb. 15, 1917 to Albert “Bert” and Nellie Alta Swartzlander Fritz. He died July 30, 1945 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and has a cenotaph in IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA.
Petty Officer Fritz served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) and was MIA/KIA at sea in the South Pacific while serving his country. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated Jul & Aug 2020 & Aug 2023