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Personal info

Full name
NOVELLO, Frank
Date of birth
29 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42008055
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
East of Erfstadt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 11 38

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Novello (father)
Mary Novello (mother)
John Novello (brother)
Anthony Novello (brother)
Joseph Novello (brother)
James Novello (brother)
Esther Novello (sister)

More information

T/5 Frank Novello was employed at Baumgart's Restaurant in Hackensack and was widely known as an amateur boxer.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 4 August 1943.

His brothers Joseph and James also served during the war.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey) 24 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Record - 15 November 1935, 24 August 1936