Alears, Francis J.

Other Events:

• Military Service: Between 17 Feb 1944 and 24 Nov 1945; WWII - POW
• News Mention: 20 Dec 1944; Kaukauna Times
• News Mention: 30 Mar 1945; Kaukauna Tiimes
• News Mention: 30 May 1945; Kaukauna Times

Notes:

Military Service:
POW
Name:Francis Alears
Gender:Male
Birth Date:18 Aug 1912
Death Date:2 Sep 1986
Cause of Death:Natural
SSN:393103974
Branch 1:ARMY
Enlistment Date 1:17 Feb 1944
Release Date 1:24 Nov 1945

News Mention:
Private Francis Alears is missing in action in the European area. He entered the military service February 17 of this year and went overseas July 21. He was with the army infantry.

News Mention:
Word has been received by Mrs. Francis Alears that her husband, who was reported missing in France November 28 is a prisoner of war in Germany.

News Mention:
Mrs. Francis Alears, Whitney St. Kaukauna, received two letters Monday from her husband who was liberated from a German prison camp on May 9. He had been held in the camp since November of 1944. He is currently in a hospital in France and will be home soon he writes.

Francis married Hoolihan, Bernice Aft 1931. Bernice (daughter of Hoolihan, William J. and McCormick, Mary Edna) was born 1 Feb 1911, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 27 Aug 1988, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]