*IN MEMORIAM*

Francis Cauwels passed away January 12, 2015 at the age of 93. Click here for his obituary from the Hanford Sentinel.

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87-year-old Francis Cauwels of Kingsburg, CA appears on episode #36 of Hometown Heroes, August 10, 2008. A native of Woodstock, MN, Cauwels served with the 81st Infantry Division in the Pacific during World War II. You’ll hear how he was wounded on Peleliu in 1944.

Francis Cauwels was wounded on Peleliu while serving with the 81st Infantry Division.