Name:
Charles Franklin Krolick
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
37672606
Unit:
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Date of Death:
1945-01-03
State:
Iowa
Cemetery:
Mt. Hope Cemetery, Maquoketa, Iowa
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When Charles Franklin Krolick was born on September 4, 1924, in Maquoketa, Iowa, his father, George, was 35 and his mother, Edna, was 32. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private in Company C, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. He died from his wounds received in battle on January 3, 1945 (at the age of 20) in Belgium and is now buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, USA.