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Personal info

Full name
PIERANTOZZI, Bernard Louis
Date of birth
22 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Italy
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33332923
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Kleinhau, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 19

Immediate family

Members
Gabriel Pierantozzi (father)
Anna Pierantozzi (mother)
Sidt Pierantozzi (brother)
Emidio Pierantozzi (brother)
Antoinette Pierantozzi (sister)
Rita Pierantozzi (sister)
John Pierantozzi (brother)
Lenora Pierantozzi (sister)
Josephine Pierantozzi (wife)

More information

Sgt Bernard L. Pierantozzi attended high school for four years and was a salesman.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 7 September 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - History of the 121st Infantry Regiment, After Action Report of the 121st Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet