About
World War I (1914-1918)
Frank Edmund Robinson was born in Schenectady, New York, on August 6, 1897.
On May 6, 1916, Frank enlisted in the United States Army. He was a private first class serving with Company F, 111th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. Frank was on leave and spent the evening with his parents on August 22, 1917; later on that evening, while he was accompanying a friend home, he accidentally crossed in front of a Schenectady trolley car and was killed. He is buried at Parkview Cemetery in Schenectady, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry