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Coriell Frank W.

Name:
Frank W. Coriell
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
32572241
Unit:
3rd Squadron, 1st Transport Group
Date of Death:
1943-08-18
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Plot:
Walls of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:

Frank W. Coriell entered the military service in New Jersey. He resided in Mercer County, New Jersey prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on November 5, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Retail manager and also as Divorced, without dependents. Frank served as a Corporal on C-46A #41-12428, 3rd Squadron, 1st Transport Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

C-46A #41-12428 was noted as exploding, for an unknown reason, while at the airfield at Mowting India. The entire crew was lost. The remains of Corp. Walicki were the only ones found. Frank was declared "Missing In Action" in this explosion. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

Corporal Coriell was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is also commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov