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Personal info

Full name
PENCINA, Edward Leroy
Date of birth
28 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Hometown
Central Heights, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37111169
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 38

Immediate family

Members
Roy Pencina (father)
Eva B. (Gerard) Pencina (mother)
Wanda L. Pencina (sister)
Mary M. Pencina (sister)

More information

Sgt Edward L. Pencina attended Mason City Grade and High School and was employed at the Hutchinson Ice Cream Company before he enlisted on 31 December 1941. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He died on 14 September 1944 in France as a result of wounds received in action on 13 September 1944.

He is remembered at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

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.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / 1930 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Gwen Miller / Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – Globe Gazette Iowa 5 October 1944

Photo source: www.newspapers.com – Globe Gazette Iowa 5 October 1944, www.findagrave.com – Jen Shaffer