Name:
Alonzo P. Francis
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-1795784
Unit:
518th Military Police Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-12-19
State:
Mississippi
Cemetery:
Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg
Plot:
A
Row:
8
Grave:
14
Decoration:
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Comments:
Alonzo P. Francis was born on September 19, 1914. Lt. Francis was killed in an ambush at the southern exit of Houffalize by fire from a German light tank while on patrol the morning of December 19, 1944, just one month before the liberation of the town.