Francis J. Granara

Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 07/29/1944

Francis Joseph Granara was born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts on August 25, 1915.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by D.B. Updike - The Merrymount Press
in Boston, Massachusetts.

He was drafted into the Army on February 23, 1942 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. His home of residence
was listed as Boston, Massachusetts and his civilian occupation was listed as Skilled Compositors
And Typesetters. He had completed four years of High School and was single with no
dependents. His religion was listed as Catholic.

Private First Class Granara was killed in action in France during Operation Cobra, the breakout from Normandy
on July 29, 1944.

Francis J. Granara was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
La Cambe Cemetery, Isigny, France in Block AB Row 8 Grave 158 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot F Row 8 Grave 26

Grave marker for Francis J. Granara

Photo by Frogman from the Find A Grave website

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