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Personal info

Full name
TONDO, Anthony
Date of birth
3 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bayside, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
42175200
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
Crossing Dortmund- Ems Canal near Waltrop, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 6 5

Immediate family

Members
Vito Tondo (father)
Giueppina (Musci) Tondo (mother)
Josephine Tondo (sister)
Mary Tondo (sister)

More information

Pfc Anthony Tondo enlisted on 19 July 1944 from New York City, New York.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment record, http://75thdivisiondad.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.bklyn.newspaper.com - Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet