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Personal info

Full name
FARINA, Patrick Fred
Date of birth
19 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42013117
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
Les Rouges-Eaux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 39 26

Immediate family

Members
James Farina (father)
Ida Farina (mother)
Carrie Farina (sister)
Adele Farina (sister)
Josephine Farina (sister)
Carmen Farina (sister)
John Farina (brother)
Joseph Farina (brother)
Anna Farina (sister)
Charles Farina (brother)

More information

Pfc Patrick F. Farina attended high school for four years and was employed at the Standard Brands Inc.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 6 September 1943.

For his actions on 10 September 1944, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumously.

On 25 October 1944 five American servicemen and five French civilians were killed by an explosion of a time delayed bomb left by the Germans in the sawmill of Les Rouges-Eaux. This tragic event is remembered on a monument.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy