Rank/Rate	Pharmacist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	610 50 41
Birth Date	May 11, 1918
From	Chicago, Illinois
Decorations
Submarine	USS S-17 (SS-122)
Loss Date	December 21, 1943
Location	Off the coast of New England
Circumstances	Washed overboard and drowned while attempting to pass a life ring to shipmate Joseph McGovern.
Remarks	Frank was born in Czechoslovakia.

Photo courtesy of Sandy Marquette. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
 

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