Austin S. Frost, Jr., the son of Austin S. Frost and Vernie Marshall Frost of Wurtemburg, was born in Rhinebeck, New York on September 24, 1924. He attended Rhinebeck schools and received a war diploma from the Rhinebeck Central School at commencement in 1943. He was a member of the high school basketball team, a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Wurtemburg, and a member of the Lutheran Brotherhood. He entered the service in March 1943. Pvt. Frost trained at Camp Pickett, Virginia, and Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was sent overseas in February, 1944 and served with a medical detachment of the 15th General Hospital in Wales, Scotland, England, and Belgium. He had been slightly wounded on November 18, 1944 in Belgium, but he had recovered and was returned to active duty with his medical detachment. For his injuries he had been awarded the Order of Purple Heart.

After recovering from his wounds in the November 18, 1944 incident, he was transferred to the Medical Detachment of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Austin was seriously wounded by shrapnel from an enemy mortar shell that caused his death during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium on January 31, 1945. He is now buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium. He also has a marker located in Wurtemburg Cemetery, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, USA.
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