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A Belle Vernon sailor lost his life on the bomb-torn USS Franklin. He was Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Paul Grata,27,husband of Mrs.Joan Netspoon Grata of Broad Avenue,Belle Vernon. Mrs.Grata received a telegram on April 6,stating her husband had been killed in action and buried at sea with full military honors. A/O Grata had been in service 17 months and overseas for 11 months. Besides hie wife,he is survived by a young son,Paul,Jr.,his parents,Mr.and Mrs.William Grata of Portage,four sisters,Mary,Mildred,Lucy and Helen. Two brothers also survive,Sgt.Stanley in Germany and Pvt.Joseph in Italy. The family formerly resided in Monessen.

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