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Personal info

Full name
PETRILLI, Guido
Date of birth
21 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20102124
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
Near Bezange-la-Petite, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 13

Immediate family

Members
Angelo Petrilli (father)
Francesca (Cicerone) Petrilli (mother)
Salvatore Petrilli (brother)
Felix Petrilli (brother)
Pietro Petrilli (brother)
Donatella Petrilli (sister)
Gemma Petrilli (sister)
Rosa Petrilli (sister)
Albert Petrilli (brother)
Emma A. Petrilli (sister)

More information

T/4 Guido Petrilli was a laborer in the construction industry before he joined the National Guard in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments on his head.

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 / O'Brien Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - Jean O'Brien