Timeline
Birth - 2 Dec 1915
Queens, New York
1939 - 1945 World War II - Ages: 28 - 26 years
Conflict Period
World War II
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army Air Forces
Regiment
1200th Army Air Force Base Unit
Service Number
A-202190
Served For
United States of America
Gold Star
Gold Star
WAAC - WAC - Service Member of Both
Frieda C. Friend was in one of the first groups of women enlisted in the WAAC. When it reorganized as the WAC, she re-enlisted and joined. She served in both the WAAC and the WAC.
Enlistment - 1942 - Age: 26 years
Des Moines, Iowa
WAAC private
Enlistment - 24 May 1944 - Age: 28 years
New York, New York
WAC private first class
Award
Purple Heart
Army Presidential Unit Citation
Award
World War II Victory Medal
American Campaign Medal
Award
European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Stationed
Des Moines, Iowa
Memphis, Tennessee
Brazil
Accra , British West Africa
Marriage - 17 Jun 1943 - Age: 28 years
New York
Roy James Anthony Friend
Death - 30 May 1945 - Age: 30 years
30-May-45
Plane lost over the sea.
Burial
Carthage, Tunisia
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery
Other Facts
Full Name
Frieda C Friend
State Of Residence
New York
Also Known As
Frieda C. Blanck, Frieda Blanck Friend, Frieda Friend
Father
Frederick "Fred" Nickolaus Bernard Blanck
Full Name
Frieda C. Blanck Friend
Mother
Anna Frances Reilly Blanck
Sibling
Catherine Bertha Blanck
Sibling
Emma M. Blanck Heckmann (also spelled Eckman)
Sibling
Wilhelmina Blanck
Sibling
Dorothy Mary Blanck Harrison
Sibling
Frederick Bernard Blanck Jr.
Sibling
Anna Grace Blanck
Sibling
Martha E. Blanck
