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Personal info

Full name
PALETTE, Fred W
Date of birth
25 February 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Miamisburg, Trumbull County, Ohio
Hometown
Brookfield, Trumbull County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35321223
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 13 13

Immediate family

Members
Anthony O. Palette (father)
Anna M. (Offensed) Palette (mother)
Margery M. Palette (sister)
Raymond A. Palette (brother)

More information

Pfc Fred W. Palette attended three years at Brookfield High School and was a welder, employed by the Gen. Fire Eng. Co.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 21 August 1942.

In May 1944, in Italy, he was wounded in the face and cheek by aerial bomb fragments.

On 14 April 1945, he died of wounds caused by aerial bomb fragments in the thorax, abdomen and pelvis. The exact date when he was reported wounded in action and the location where he died is not known.

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