World War II Honoree

August Henry Frankenstein

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lincoln, South Dakota

Honored By

Kera Ellingson

Relationship

Cousin

ON OCTOBER 18, 1942, HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY AT FORT SNELLING. IN 1944 HE LEFT THE UNITED STATES AS A RADIO OPERATOR FOR THE ARMY. TWO OF THE BATTLES HE WAS IN WERE THE LEYTE BATTLE AND THE OKINAWA BATTLE. HE WORKED NEAR THE FRONT LINES AS A RADIO OPERATOR FOR AN OBSERVATION PARTY WHERE HE RECEIVED WOUNDS FROM A MORTAR LANDING NEAR HIM; HE WAS HIT BY SHRAPNEL AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED WITHOUT REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS. HE WAS ORIGINALLY BURIED AT A MILITARY CEMETERY ON THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA.