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Personal info

Full name
CARPENTIERI, John J
Date of birth
6 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
42097140
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wickeswihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 32 26

Immediate family

Members
Ernest Carpentieri (father)
Ida Carpentieri (mother)

More information

Pvt John J. Carpentieri graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 1943 and was employed at Gleason Works.
He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 9 August 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the stomach.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave – Andy, Benjamin Franklin High School 1943, Democrat and Chronicle - 6 May 1943