Army Badge
  • Name: Frank Michael McAlpine
  • Location of Birth: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: November 20, 1894
  • Date of Death: July 19, 1943
  • Parents: Michael McAlpine & Estella (Hilling) McAlpine
  • High School and Class:
  • College:
  • Highest Rank: PVT 1CL (Private 1st Class)
  • Branch: Army
  • Other Branch:
  • Date Sworn In: June 15, 1918
  • Place Sworn In:
  • Date of Discharge: April 8, 1919
  • Place of Discharge:
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  • Military Highlights:
    World War I Registration Card
    Name: Michael Frank McAlpine
    Age: 22
    Home address: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
    Date of birth: November 20, 1894
    Citizenship: Natural born
    Place of birth: Grand Rapids, Minnesota, US
    If not a citizen, what country: -----
    Present occupation: Merchant
    By whom employed: Self
    Where employed: Grand Rapids
    Dependents to support: No
    Marital status: Single
    Race: Caucasion
    Prior military service: -----
    Claim exception from draft: Business grounds
    Tall, medium, or short: Tall
    Slender, medium or stout: Slender
    Color of eyes: Gray
    Color of hair: Black
    Bald: No
    Disability: No
    Date of registration: June 5, 1917
    Place of registration: Grand Rapids, Minnesota



  • Wars Involved:
    World War I

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  • Civilian Life:
    Frank McAlpine married Cora Wassberg in Minnesota in 1924.

    Frank died in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and is buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Minnesota (Block CB1328). He is survived by his widow, Cora; two children, Jackie and Jane Claire; two brothers, Russell and William; and three sisters, Gertie McAlpine, Margaret Taylor, and Mrs. Albert Hachey.

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