Biography of franklin sousley family
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Franklin Runyon Sousley
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
Franklin Runyon Sousley was born on 19 September 1925 in Hill Top, KY, the second child born to Merle Duke and Goldie Mitchell Sousley.
When he was three years old, his five-year-old brother, Malcolm Brooks Sousley, died due to appendicitis.
Biography of franklin sousley family
Franklin attended a two-room schoolhouse in nearby Elizaville, and attended Fleming County High School in nearby Flemingsburg from ninth to twelfth grade. His younger brother, Julian, was born in May 1933, and his father died due to diabetes complications a year later, at age 35.
At only nine years old, Franklin was the sole male-figure in the family, and assisted his mother in raising Julian. Julian died in a car accident on 4 October 1951 at the age of 18.
Military Service
Sousley graduated from Fleming County High School in May 1943, and resided in Dayton, OH, as a worker in a refrigeration factory.
He received his draft notice, and chose to join the U.S. Marine Corps i