Farnham Elmer Francis

Monuments

Liberation of Graignes Plaque -101st Airborne Division

Name:

Elmer Francis Farnham

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-1292494

Unit:

507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne

Date of Death:

1944-06-13

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot:

Section L

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Elmer Francis Farnham was born on October 5, 1914, in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of George Washington Farnham and Mable Jane Faust Spier.

Elmer served in Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 507th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a First Lieutenant during World War II. 1Lt Franham was Killed in Action on June 13, 1944, when a German shell struck and destroyed a church steeple from which he was observing the operations of the enemy during the Battle of Graignes in France. He was buried at Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA.