Frederick “Fred” Roselle McNabb was born on 2 November 1923 in Weiser, Idaho. He was the son of William Oliver McNabb and Mamie Morgan Simpson.
He Killed in Action 16 April 1945
Buried at the Chattanooga National Cemetery, Y, 400
Private
254th Infantry Regiment
PVt McNabb was initially buried at St. Avold-Metz, France.
The Chattanooga Daily Times, April 28, 1945
Pvt. Fred McNabb, captain of the Bradley High School Bears football team in 1943, was killed in action in Germany on April 16, according to a telegram received by his aunt, Mrs. Carlos Roberson, of Carolina Street. Pvt. McNabb, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.O. McNabb, Zion City, Ill., made his home with his aunt and Mr. Roberson until his graduation from Bradley last spring. Following his graduation he entered the University of Tennessee, where he was studying at the time of his induction in November, 1944. He took his basic training and was in an infantry division with the Seventh Army at the time of his death. Pvt. McNabb had a brother, Lt. Claude McNabb, pilot of a B-29, who was killed in action over Italy almost a year ago.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 2 November 1923
- Date of death: 16 April 1945
- County: Bradley
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 254th Infantry Regiment
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VII, Top Panel
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