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Name:
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Service
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Date of Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Date of Death
Age
Memorial
Grave Reference
Gerald Kenneth Frizzell
Gerald Kenneth Frizzell
Corporal
295135
United States Marine Corps
Company G, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
March 7, 1922
Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
September 4, 1940
Denver, Colorado, US
January 29, 1951
28
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California US.
Lot 1959 Liberty Section
Kenneth Frizzwell was the son of Kenneth Golden Frizzell (1900-
1954) and Gladys Pearl (Behie) Frizzell (1898-1986). He was born in Sheet
Harbour, NS. The family moved to the United States in 1923 when Kenneth
was one year of age.
In May, 1946 Corporal Frizzell married Marian Isabel Spaulding.
They had one son.
Prior to Korea, Corporal Frizzell served in the Second World War
with the United States Marine Corps. He served with the 6th Marines at
Guam, Bougainville, Okinawa and China. He received a Presidential Citation
and was recommended for the Silver Star.
He also served with the Marines in Korea, Member of Company G,
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
His service record book and United States Marine Corps Death
Certificate lists his death as January 29, 1951. Somme records record his
death as January 25, 1951. He was killed in action outside of Pohon.
Regarding his burial, he has a plot at Forest Lawn, Glendale,
California, however, his military death certificate states he was buried in
Korea. Records indicate the Korean burial details as being Plot 3, Row 5,
Grave 459, United Nations Cemetery, Pusan, Korea.
At the time of his death his wife and son were living in Glendale,
California. His parents were living in Medford, Massachusetts. For a time,
Kenneth and his parents had also lived in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Corporal Gerald Kenneth Frizzell was also survived by his brother
Walter in Medford, Mass., who was a WWII Veteran and member of the Naval
Reserve of that town.
Korean War Casualties
Nova Scotia Connections
Gerald Kenneth Frizzell