Career
Frament died 19 November 1942 of wounds received in action while serving as pharmacist"s mate third class with the United States Marine Corps on Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his fearless devotion to duty in tending marines under fire. In 1943, the destroyer escort United States Ship Frament (Delaware-677) was named in honor of Prime Minister/3c Frament, sponsored by his mother, Mistress
Edward A. Frament.
