1932 - 1950 (18 years)
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Name |
Carl David FROST |
Birth |
9 Feb 1932 |
Cottage Grove, Lane County, OR |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
3 Sep 1950 |
Korea |
Cause: Killed in action in Korean War |
Burial |
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA |
Notes |
- (1) Source: "Mosby Family Tree," a Public Member Tree on Ancestry.com.
(2) Obituary, unknown newspaper, unknown date:
Carl David Frost Killed in Action
Word was received here yesterday of the first local boy to be killed in action in the Korean War, Carl David Frost, 18, son of Mrs. Nelreatha Frost Chambers of California. Mrs. Chambers was notified Sept. 12 by the government that he had been killed in action.
Carl enlisted with the army in Oakland, California in July 1949 and received his training at Fort Ord, Calif., and from there he was sent to Hawaii. In July of this year he was sent to Korea with the Fifth Infantry.
He was born February 9, 1932 at Cottage Grove and attended the local elementary schools while making his home with his grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Glass. He was a member of the Assembly of God church in Cottage Grove.
Surviving besides his mother and grandmother, Mrs. Glass, are one brother Frederick Frost of Cottage Grove; one sister Marjorie; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred M Frost, Cottage Grove; two uncles, Joe and George Glass, both of Cottage Grove, and one aunt of Oakland, Calif.
(3) www.findagrave.com:
Carl David Frost
Birth: Feb. 9, 1932
Death: Sep. 3, 1950
Burial: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: NA, 170-B
Imported from: US Veteran's Affairs
Record added: Mar 04, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 3527289
(4) Obituary of Carl's mother, Nelreatha Evangeline (Glass) (Frost) Chambers, The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, Klickitat County, WA, April 22, 1982:
Mrs. Chambers was preceded in death by . . . her second son, Carl David Frost. . . .
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Person ID |
I35958 |
Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families |
Last Modified |
17 Apr 2024 |
Father |
Harry Carl FROST, b. 1 Jan 1905, Cottage Grove, Lane County, OR d. 3 Jul 1936, Coos County, OR (Age 31 years) |
Mother |
Nelreatha Evangeline GLASS, b. 24 Jul 1909, Spokane, Spokane County, WA d. 13 Apr 1982, Goldendale, Klickitat County, WA (Age 72 years) |
Marriage |
18 Dec 1926 |
Eugene, Lane County, OR |
Family ID |
F15542 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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