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Personal info

Full name
FRANCO, Anthony John
Date of birth
26 January 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32573176
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riedwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 10 35

Immediate family

Members
Nicolo Franco (father)
Assuntie (Sadie) Franco (mother)
John J. Franco (brother)
Viktor V. Franco (brother)
Elizabeth Franco (sister)
Pietro Franco (brother)
Peter F. Franco (brother)
Angelo Franco (brother)
Eva (Niglio) Franco (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Anthony J. Franco attended high school for four years and was a retail manager of the whole sale butcher of the Armow & And Co. before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 9 November 1942.
In November 1944 he was wounded by artillery shell fragments in the leg.
He was killed artillery shell fragments at his head..

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy