Francis received the Medal of Honor after his heroic actions during the Battle of the Bulge. He passed away in New York at age 94 on October 8th. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_S._Currey
After he was connected, I ran him through the connection finder, what a surprise: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Currey-421&person2_name=Baty-260