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Personal info

Full name
TOMASSONE, Edward Alfredo
Date of birth
23 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36643937
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Achille Tomassone (father)
Ernesta (Martino) Tomassone (mother)
Vincenzo G. Tomassone (brother)
Marietta K. Tomassone (sister)
Francesco G. Tomassone (brother)
Antonio Tomassone (brother)
Guisepe Tomassone (brother)
Giovanni Tomassone (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward A. Tomassone joined the Regular Army when his father signed the papers because he was too young to enlist.

Pfc Tomassone was killed in action as G Company crossed the Moselle River in assault boats near Dornot. The members of G Company had no time to recover their dead, and unit records do not indicate what happened to Pfc Tomassone's body. He remains unaccounted-for following the incident.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Tomassone Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, IDPF - courtesy of the 7th AD Association

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Dave Hansen, www.ancestry.com - DTomassone