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Personal info

Full name
GENTILE, Frank J
Date of birth
26 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33707157
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
Kiekberg, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 18 18

Immediate family

Members
Angelo Gentile (father)
Cecilia Gentile (mother)
Lawrence Gentile (brother)
Anthony Gentile (brother)
Elizabeth Gentile (sister)
Louise Gentile (sister)
Ida Gentile (sister)

More information

Pvt Frank J. Gentile was employed as an electric welder at Des Moines Company shipyard in Pittsburgh.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 21 October 1943. Pvt Gentile was sent overseas in February 1944.

Pvt Gentile was originally buried in a fieldgrave, was then buried in a temporary grave at Ardennes Cemetery on 13 June 1945 and then reintered in a permanent grave.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com, The Daily Courier - 22 June 1945, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Ron Mazur (nephew) - courtesy of Kathy McDermott