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Personal info

Full name
ORLANDO, Frank Joseph
Date of birth
25 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
Hometown
Canton, Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35610287
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Near Trois Points, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 50

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Orlando (father)
Filomena (Grasso) Orlando (mother)
Albert Orlando (brother)
Domenic Orlando (brother)
Mark Orlando (sister)
Mary Oralndo (sister)
Nataline Orlando (sister)
Evelyn Orlando (wife)
Frank Orlando Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Frank J. Orlando worked for the U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 12 April 1943 and was overseas on 14 April 1944.

Source of information: Carla Mans, National WWII Memorial, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com