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Personal info

Full name
RENDINA, Joseph Michael
Date of birth
29 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Scottsdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Gary, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35563525
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 19 7

Immediate family

Members
Fred Rendina (father)
Mary (Marrazza) Rendina (mother)
Lorraine Rendina (sister)
Fred Rendina (brother)
Jack R. Rendina (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph M. Rendina attended Horace Mann High School in Gary, Indiana.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 17 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet , http://www.508pir.org, www.ancestry.com - Horace Mann High School Yearbook 1940