Frank Manall
Frank Manall
Private First Class Frank Manall Jr. was born in 1917 in Haddonfield NJ. His father had emigrated from Italy; his mother Mary was born in Pennsylvania of French parents. In 1930 the elder Manall was working as a foreman for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the family lived at 414 Atlantic Avenue in Haddonfield NJ. Frank Jr. was the second child, coming between brothers Andrew and Thomas.
Serial: 13053273 — Purple Heart — Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, NJ
At some point in the mid-1930s Frank Manall moved to Pennsauken NJ. He graduated from Merchantville High School in 1937 and worked at the Quaker City Iron Works in Philadelphia. He was still living in Pennsauken NJ when he enlisted in the Army on February 3, 1941. He went overseas as a member of Company G, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, and saw action in Sicily, at Salerno and Naples, and at Anzio, where he was killed in action on February 15, 1944.
He was survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Ansink, of 2232 North 38th Street, Pennsauken NJ, and his brother Private First Class Thomas Manall, who was serving with the Quartermaster Corps at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington DC at the time, younger brothers Harry and Andrew, a sister Elizabeth, and half-brothers Harold and Leslie Ansink Jr.
In July of 1944, Frank Manall was brought home to New Jersey. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery on July 31, 1948.
An American Legion Post, Manall–Paetz Post 461 in Pennsauken, was named for him and Second Lieutenant Edward E. Paetz. This post fielded a dominant American Legion baseball team in the early 1950s and won the New Jersey State Championship in 1951. Manall Avenue in Pennsauken is also named for him.
Camden Courier-Post — April 22, 1944
DEAD HERO’S MEDAL SENT TO HIS MOTHER
The Purple Heart, awarded posthumously to Pfc. Frank Manall, 24, who died of wounds received in action on the Anzio beachhead in Italy Feb. 15, has been received by his mother, Mrs. Mary Ansink, of 2232 North Thirty-eighth street, Pennsauken township.
The award came from Secretary of War Stimson. Manall was in Company G, 179th infantry, and enlisted Feb. 3, 1941. His mother said he went overseas in May of last year and took part in the Sicilian invasion, the fighting in Salerno and Naples. He was cited for bravery Sept. 11, 1943, at Attavilla, where he spent five days in a foxhole.
Born in Haddonfield, he was a graduate of the Merchantville High school, class of 1937. His mother was advised of his death on March 18. A brother, Pfc. Thomas Manall, 23, is in the quartermaster division at Walter Reed hospital, Washington.
Camden Courier-Post — July 28, 1948
Funeral Rites Saturday For Pfc. Frank Manall
Requiem Mass for Pfc. Frank Manall, son of Mrs. Mary Ansink, 2232 Thirty-eighth street, Pennsauken, will be celebrated Saturday at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Church, Twenty-ninth street and Westfield avenue. Relatives and friends will meet in the residence at 8 a.m., where friends may call Friday night. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
Military honors will be provided by Pennsauken American Legion post 125 and Gross-Hollinshed post 1270, VFW. A half brother of Private Manall, Sgt. Harold Ansink, stationed at Brooklyn Port of Embarkation, will be the military escort, representing the army.
Private Manall was killed at Anzio, Italy, Feb. 15, 1944, at the age of 27. He entered the service Feb. 1, 1941. He had been awarded the Purple Heart and a regimental unit citation. He had worked for the Quaker City Iron Works, Philadelphia.
Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hinke, Pennsauken; three brothers, Harry Manall, at home; Andrew Manall, Camden, and Sgt. Thomas Manall, with the army in Germany; another half brother, Sgt. Leslie Ansink Jr., Bridgeton; three nieces, and two nephews.