World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Frank Balducci
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Nassau County, New York
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: STAFF SERGEANT. INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY MAY 11, 1943 AT NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. ARMY, 47TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 9TH INFANTRY ‘OLD RELIABLES’ DIVISION, U.S. 1ST ARMY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VAST ARMADA THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF THE GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944, OPERATION OVERLORD. WHILE EMBARKING FROM HIS LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY ‘LCI’, HE WENT ASHORE ON OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY, JUNE 7, 1944. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1944 AND IS BURIED IN THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY, COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.