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Personal info

Full name
GARGANO, Liborio Carmine "Bill"
Date of birth
2 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
42105470
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 61

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Gargano (father)
Mildred Gargano (mother)
Mickelina Gargano (sister)
Antoinette Gargano (sister)
Dominick Gargano (brother)
Anthony Gargano (brother)

More information

Pvt Liborio C. Gargano enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 29 January 1944.

He was graduated from Somerville High School and was employed at the Belle Mead Army Service Forces Depot prior to entering the service. He went overseas in December 1944 after training at Camp Wolters, Tex., and Fort Benning, Ga.

Pvt Gargano was wounded in the explosion of a shell following the capture of an enemy position.

Source of information: FHOF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.ww2-airborne.us, The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey)

Photo source: Danny van der Groen, The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey)