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Personal info

Full name
FORNINO, Eugene Joseph "Gene"
Date of birth
27 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Hometown
Monmouth County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32266413
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 2 48

Immediate family

Members
Guiseppe Fornino (father)
Arcangela (Abatemarco) Fornino (mother)
Vincenzo Fornino (brother)
Carmella Fornino (sister)
Marion Fornino (sister)
Henry Fornino (brother)
Michael Fornino (brother)
Anna Fornino (sister)
Marion Fornino (sister)
Mary Fornino (brother)
Mary (Purcell) Fornino (wife)

More information

Pfc Eugene J. Fornino was employed by Sears Roebuck and company, Asbury Park and later by Fasano brothers before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 28 April 1942.

He was married to Mary Purcell in May 1943, about five months beofre he was sent overseas.

During his time in England, he visited his brother Henry who served with a military police unit.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Fornino Family Tree / 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. Social Security Death Index, www.newspapers.com - Asbury Park Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet