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name
ENSENAT, Gabriel J - Date of
birth
1921 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
New York -
Hometown
Rome, Oneida County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32489967 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
15th General Hospital
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
24 November 1944 - Place of
death
Liège, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 9 | 12 |
Immediate family
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Members
Bartolome Ensenat (father)
Matias Ensenat (brother)
Carmen Ensenat (sister)
More information
T/5 Gabriel J. Ensenat Rome Free Academy and was a lineman on the football teams of 1939, 1940, and 1941. He had been employed by the General Cable Corp.He enlisted in Utica, New York on 26 August 1942 and was sent overseas in February 1943.
The 15th General Hospital was stationed in Liège on top of a hill overlooking the city in a huge building like an armory. That hospital received a direct hit of a V1 flying bomb on 24 November 1944, resulting in 21 killed and 55 wounded.
T/5 Gabriel J. Ensenat was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.
Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://www.criba.be, Rome NY Daiy Sentinel - 12 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / DBT, Rome NY Daily Sentinel