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Personal info

Full name
CONTAKOS, Anthony C
Date of birth
15 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31183997
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 9 71

Immediate family

Members
Christos Contakos (father)
Athena Contakos (mother)
Nicholas Contakos (brother)
James Contakos (brother)
Harry Contakos (brother)
Georgia Contakos (sister)
Agnes Contakos (sister)
Pota Contakos (sister)
Charles Contakos (brother)
George Contakos (brother)
Grace R. (Miller) Contakos (wife)

More information

Cpl Anthony C. Contakos graduated from Bartlett Junior High School and from Lowell High School with the class of 1939 and where he was prominent in football.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 29 September 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Enlistment, 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Anonymous