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Personal info

Full name
MASTROMONACO, Thomas
Date of birth
4 October 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32599171
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
747th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Setterich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 10 8

Immediate family

Members
Louis Mastromonaco (father)
Josephine Mastromonaco (mother)
Mary Mastromonaco (sister)
Lucy Mastromonaco (sister)
Maggie Mastromonaco (sister)

More information

Sgt Thomas Mastromonaco was a welder.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey, on 12 December 1942.

Together with three other crew members, Sgt Mastromonaco was killed when an enemy anti-tank rocket hit the turret of their tank. One of the other dead crew members, Chester A. Regen, is also buried at Margraten. One other crew member was wounded.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census - http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 747th TB, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Michael Embrich