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Personal info

Full name
PETRELLO, Herbert A
Date of birth
23 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Alexandria, Virginia
Hometown
Alexandria, Virginia

Military service

Service number
20361953
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 26 9

Immediate family

Members
Salvatore Petrello (father)
Rosa P. (Moreton) Petrello (mother)
Malena Petrello (sister)
Pauline T. Petrello (sister)
Julia T. Petrello (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Herbert A. Petrello attended high school for three years before he joined the National Guard in Alexandria, Virginia on 3 February 1941.
He was killed by small arms fire in his loin.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / Sesso Biancaniello Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux
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