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Personal info

Full name
FONTANA, Edoardo F
Date of birth
21 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
New York County, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
12033193
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Neffe, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 25

Immediate family

Members
Edoardo F. Fontana (father)
Maria F. Fontana (mother)
Henry F. Fontana (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Edoardo F. Fontana joined the Regular Army in New York Sity, New York on 6 October 1941.
He attended high school for 3 years and was a clerks, general office.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, 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 / Fontana Daguerre Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Dick Odonnell