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Personal info

Full name
MANGANO, Carl M
Date of birth
8 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42006111
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 31

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Mangano (brother)
Elizabeth S. Mangano (wife)
Carol Mangano (daughter)

More information

Pvt Carl M. Mangano enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 26 July 1943.

He attended high school for 3 years and was a barber before he enlisted.

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 / 1940 Census / U.S., Social Security Death Index, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery