Name:
Frank Mathias Krusel
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
37323294
Unit:
712th Tank Battalion, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-26
State:
Minnesota
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Plot:
C
Row:
3
Grave:
36
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Frank Mathias Krusel was born on October 4, 1908, in Hallock, Kittson County, Minnesota. He served in the 712th Tank Battalion as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 26, 1944, when his Sherman tank struck a stack of land mines at the hamlet of La Doderie in Gonfreville, France. Pfc. Krusel was awarded the Purple Heart and was buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.