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Personal info

Full name
PETRO, Francis J "Frank"
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Revere, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O1311926
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Wolfskirchen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 16 15

Immediate family

Members
Frank C. Petro (father)
Josephine C. Petro (mother)
Carl C. Petro (brother)

More information

1st Lt Francis J. Petro attended high school for four years and was a stenographer and typist before he joined the Regular Army in Rutland, Vermont on 21 October 1940.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Ted Donaher, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

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