Frank C. Hauser

Frank C. Hauser
Personal details
Born	1911 Austria
Died	1993
Nativity	Austria
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32417389
Rank	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 20 (19 June – 16 August 1944)
Section	5C
Enlisted	Ft Jay Governors Island, New York
Team	IPW 140

Teammates

Team — IPW 140

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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Frank C. Hauser (1911–1993) was a Ritchie Boy (from Austria; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 20 and served with IPW Team 140.

Biography

HAUSER was born in Austria in 1911. On July 31, 1942 he enlisted at Fort Jay (Governor’s Island, NY) as Pvt (ASN: 32417389) Frank completed his Basic training at Camp Croft SC on November 6, 1942 and became a naturalized U.S. Ritchie Boy Hauser started his training at Ritchie on June 19, 1944 in the 20th Class 6/19/1944 as a German IPW.

Goetz (1920-1968) S/Sgt Frank C. Hauser (1911-1993) S/Sgt Norman Wagner (1921-1999) T/3 Sigurd Swenson (1922-2006) T/5 William Thatcher (1914-1989) Ritchie Boy Frank Hauser was awarded the Bronze Star for Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations against Nazi Germany during the Rhineland Campaign. Frank Hauser's application for naturalization submitted to the US District Court's Western District of South Carolina at Spartanburg.

Ritchie Boy Hauser sailed to the United States from Liverpool on the SS Georgic and arrived to the United States on March 27, 1940. Sharon Delaney has provided these additional documents about Ritchie Boy Frank Hauser that refer to his being inducted into the Army at Camp Croft in South Carolina, attended ASTU training in Denver, and finally was sent to the the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie. He emigrated to the United States and found work as a leather belt maker.

Citizen at Spartanburg, SC. He studied to be a Radio Operator with the 61st Signal Radio Intercept Company and in June 1944 was transferred to Camp Ritchie. His language specialities included German, French, Italian, and Hungarian.

He graduated in August 16, 1944 as a German Document Examiner. In September 4, 1944 he was promoted to S/Sgt. He was released from Camp Ritchie on September 18, 1944 and traveled to Camp Kilmer where he embarked via RMS Queen Mary.

He arrived in Scotland on September 25, 1944.

Gallery

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  Thanks to Sharon Delaney for sharing these pictures of her late Grandfather, Ritchie Boy Frank Hauser (he's on the far right of the group picture - if you recognize any of the others, please let us know).
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  Thanks to Sharon Delaney for sharing these pictures of her late Grandfather, Ritchie Boy Frank Hauser (he's on the far right of the group picture - if you recognize any of the others, please let us know).
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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	82
Nara ASN	32417389
Nara Name	HAUSER FRANK C
Nara State	23
Nara County	61
Nara POE	2327
Nara DOE	310742
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	BI
Nara Branch Code	0
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N2
Nara Year of Birth	11
Nara Race	J
Nara Race Description	White not yet a citizen
Nara Education	8
Nara Civilian Occupation	627
Nara Marital Status	2
Nara Height (inches)	64
Nara Weight (lbs)	144
Class_ASN	32417389
Class_Name	HAUSER, Frank
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-03-14 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-03-16 (3 posts)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-04-20 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-07-04 (2 posts)