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Personal info

Full name
PORENTA, Frank
Date of birth
30 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois
Hometown
Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
42071996
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 September 1944
Place of death
Toward Charleroi, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 22

Immediate family

Members
Frank Porenta (father)
Antionia Porenta (mother)
Anna Porenta (sister)
Clara Porenta (sister)

More information

Pvt Frank Porenta was a cook before he enlisted in New York City, New York, on 5 February 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader