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Personal info

Full name
SANDONA, Eugene Francis
Date of birth
4 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36631142
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
A Company,
756th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vy-lès-Lure, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 22 37

Immediate family

Members
Sebastine Sandona (father)
Stella (Longton) Sandona (mother)
Richard Sandona (brother)
Robert Sandona (brother)
Orlando Sandona (brother)
George Sandona (brother)
Evelyn M. O’Brien (half-sister)
Charles W. O’Brien (half-brother)

More information

T/4 Eugene F. Sandona was employed by the Ingersail Steel and Disc Co. before he enlisted on 27 June 1942.

His tank, on a reconnaissance mission, was disabled by a mine. The company commander, 1st Lt Ralph Hanson and T/4 Sandona were killed.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Jerry Becka