PVT Paul J. Frodyma

courtesy Robert Comeau

PVT Paul J. Frodyma was born in 1925 in Holyoke, Massachusetts to William Frank and Anna (Szyngiera) Frodyma. In 1940, father William was working as a coffee roaster for a wholesale grocery and reported a 1939 income of $1670.

When drafted in December 1943, Paul was working in manufacturing.  Sent to Europe, Paul was transferred from the replacement depot to E Company 116th Infantry on 24 Jul 1944.  Paul was killed in action on 7 Aug 1944.

PVT Frodyma was repatriated and lies with his parents in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery in South Hadley, Massachusetts.