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Personal info

Full name
TARTAGLIA, Frank
Date of birth
7 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
New York, New York County, New York
Hometown
Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32776834
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ferdrupt, Rupt-sur-Moselle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 38 48

Immediate family

Members
Ralph Tartaglia (father)
Jennie Tartaglia (mother)
Josephine Tartaglia (sister)
Eudoru Tartaglia (sister)
Ralph Tartaglia (brother)
Lucy Tartaglia (sister)
Jenny Tartagia (sister)
Eugene Tartaglia (brother)
Julius Tartaglia (brother)
Edmund Tartaglia (brother)

More information

PFC Frank Tartaglia was as assembling operator employed by the Ford Motor Company.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his actions on 27 February 1947 in Italy.

He was killed by a land mine.

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