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Fred J. DeAprix, the son of William and Sadie (Little) DeAprix, was born on February 8, 1911, in Utica, New York. By 1915, he had moved to Glenville. Before enlisting in the military, Fred worked on his father's farm.
On May 14, 1942, Fred enlisted in the United States Army. He held the rank of Private First Class. Fred left for the war in 1943, and on October 7, 1944, he was killed in combat. He is buried in the New Forest Cemetery, Utica, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon