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MUSCENTE, Anthony - Date of
birth
12 December 1916 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York -
Hometown
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32116828 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
771st Tank Destroyer Battalion
-
Awards
unknown
Death
-
Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
22 January 1945 - Place of
death
Gereonsweiler, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| P | 12 | 14 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Alfred Muscente (father)
Frances (Tocco) Muscente (mother)
Frank Muscente (brother)
Frances Muscente (sister)
Bella Muscente (sister)
Mollie M. Muscente (sister)
Paul Muscente (brother)
Margaret (Dassatti) Muscente (wife)
Doreen Muscente (daughter)
More information
T/5 Anthony Muscente enlisted in Jamaica, New York on 29 April 1941. He was sent overseas on 21 October 1943 and arrived at Liverpool, England on 2 November 1943..A stock of bangalores and dynamite was stored in a house and prepared for use. In the afternoon of 22 January the stock explodes, destroying the house completely, wounding several men and killing Cpl Frank A. Bergonzi, Cpl John J. Cuneo, T/5 John G. Pinto, T/5 Antonio Muscente, Pfc Frank M. Reese and Pfc Rosario J. Maniscalco. All these men are buried at Margraten.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card
Photo source: FOHF, Ben Himmelfarb - White Plains Public Library; The Herald Statesman - 16 February 1945, www.findagrave.com - Dave van Overmeeren