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Personal info

Full name
GERARDI, William
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Litchfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31410892
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 47 16

Immediate family

Members
Leonardo Gerardi (father)
Angelina Gerardi (mother)
Louise Gerardi (sister)
John Gerardi (brother)
Jenny Gerardi (sister)
Daniel Gerardi (brother)

More information

Pfc William Gerardi enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 27 January 1944.
He attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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