Frank J. Van Wetering lived at
331 River Street Hackensack.

He joined the service in 1917 with the
Bergen Battery Heavy Field Artillery. His name is listed on both Plaques at the library and the
Hudson Street Cemetery Plaques of men who gave their lives while in the service during
World War I.

He died during the Battle of Chateau Thierry
July 15, 1918.

Click here to view Purple Heart.

Written By:
Bob Meli
2010

Background image of American forces in France during World War I in 1914 obtained from:
http://www.machadoink.com/1901%20onwards.htm

Click here to view gravestone of Frank J. Van Wetering where he was repatriated and buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Hackensack after being Killed in Action in France.

Click here to view material sent by George Toriello.

George Toriello sent this material on May 29, 2017. George is stating that one
KIA veteran not researched he found in his searching for information. The name in the paper misspelled Van Wetering and the paper in 1918 had it spelled
(Yan) Wetering. We can trust this to be the case because Frank Van Wetering was repatriated after his death and is buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Hackensack, NJ. 

The Evening Record
Articles:

Battery Is Mustered In
August 31, 1917

How Local Boy Met His Death
August 8, 1918

Ralph Kirk is Wounded
October 21, 1918