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Personal info

Full name
LAGONIA, Thomas Angelo
Date of birth
30 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
42066506
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Leyr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 74

Immediate family

Members
Angelo Lagonia (father)
Mary (Pullano) Lagonia (mother)
William D. Lagonia (brother)
Rose Lagonia (sister)
Angelina Lagonia (sister)
Frances Lagonia (sister)
Catharine Lagonia (sister)
Rose G. (Uhlfelder) Lagonia (wife)
Thomas Lagonia (son)

More information

Pvt Thomas A. Lagonia attended high school for three years and was a recreation teacher before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 15 January 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Motzi Mazzei Beatrice Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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