Fredric W. Eggers was born on June 26, 1921 in Nebraska. He attended Concordia Teachers' College obtaining a Lutheran Teachers' Diploma in June 1941. Later that year he resided in Herrington, Kansas as a teacher. Eggers was drafted into the Army on 11/18/1942 and assigned number 02014336. He reached the rank of Second Lieutenant on 8/22/1943. He served in the medical corps for 39 months, 11 of which were in Puerto Rico. In 1946, he married Esther Wheaton in Colorado. He attended Denver University and they remained in Denver. They had at least one daughter and grandchild. Courtesy fold3.com, kshs.org, newspapers.com, findagrave.com