Thursday, August 15, 2013

Fallen Hero: Private First Class Frank Grzyboski, U.S. Army

Private First Class Frank Grzyboski, U.S. Army, was born March 7, 1924 the son of Eliash and Wictorya Grzyboski and lived with his parents, four sisters and two brothers during his early years in Framingham. Frank came to live here in Franklin with his sister, Mary Vendetti, at 131 East Street, the residence from which he enlisted on March 22, 1943. PFC Frank Grzyboski was a member of the 290th Infantry Division which was stationed in Missouri. 
Frank was a hunter and a family story about him is as follows: “Frank had caught a pheasant which he had stuffed. His sister, Mary, had possession of the stuffed pheasant and kept it on top of a flat corrugated cardboard closet. One night while Mary was lying on her bed, the pheasant fell over. Mary thought nothing of this event until she later got word that her brother, Frank, had died at 7 pm that very same day the bird had fallen over. 
Private First Class Frank Grzyboski, U.S. Army, died on June 5, 1943 during a shooting training accident. 
PFC Frank Grzyboski was 19 years old at the time of his death serving his country during World War II.

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Fallen Hero: PFC Frank Grzyboski


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