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Personal info

Full name
FERRARI, Arthur
Date of birth
26 December 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20111349
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
46th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 August 1944
Place of death
Compiègne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 5 67

Immediate family

Members
Agostine Ferrari (father)
Mansuetta Ferrari (mother)
Josephine M. Ferrari (sister)
Louisa A. Ferrari (sister)
Norma M. Ferrari (sister)
Joseph R. Ferrari (brother)
Nellie S. Ferrari (sister)
Gene Ferrari (brother)
Nancy Ferrari (sister)
Laurette (Desrosiers) Ferrari (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Arthur Ferrari was employed at the Orange Shoe Company.

He joined the National Guard in 1939 and had advanced to the rating of sergeant when his company was federalized in January 1941. He trained at Camp Edwards and Camp Dix before being sent overseas in February 1944.

S/Sgt Ferrari's parents immigrated from Austria.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Athol Daily News - 29 September 1944