Howard M. Frankel
Howard Frankel was born in New York on 11/23/1929 to Harry and Mae Frankel. He had a younger brother Julien. The family lived in the Bronx, NY and by 1940 lived in Cliffside Park, NJ. About the time of Howard’s death, the family was living on 3 Grange Court in Teaneck, NJ.
Sergeant Frankel was a light weapons infantryman serving in the 7th Division, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Company K. He went missing and was presumed killed in action on 10/18/52 during the Battle of Triangle Hill near Kumwa, North Korea. This courageous soldier was awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Sergeant Frankel is memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial, courts of the Missing, Honolulu Hawaii. He is also listed on the Korean War memorial in Dayton, Ohio.
Ancestry.com
- 1930 United States Federal Census
- 1940 United States Federal Census
- Howard M. Frankel in the Honolulu, Hawaii, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), 1941-2011
- World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
- Howard M. Frankel in the WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings - Sergeant Frankel was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 18, 1952. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Sergeant Frankel was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal
American Battle Monuments Commissions
The U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
Find A Grave Website
- Sgt Howard M Frankel - Sgt Frankel, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was Killed in Action during the 12 day Battle of Triangle Hill (598) near Kumhwa North Korea on October 18, 1952. Frankel's company was part of a two company assault on Hill 598 against the Chinese Peoples Volunteer Army 15th Corps. After two attempts to take the crest of the hill, both companies suffered heavy casualties, Frankel being one of them, & had to be withdrawn. His remains were not recovered. He was awarded the Purple Heart & Combat Infantry Badge. Frankel's name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing.
- Sgt Howard Martin Frankel
Teaneck Sunday Sun
- Sunday Sun, Sunday, 5/23/1954, p. 41 - Teaneck Chapter of Hadassah, executive board, will meet at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Harry Frankel, 3 Grange Road (Name and address of Howard M. Fankel's parents)
High School Yearbook
- 1956 Yearbook: p. 25 - Julian C. Frankel (younger brother of Howard Frankel)
Korean War Project Remembrance Website
