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Personal info

Full name
PALLESI, Geno Peter
Date of birth
8 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kerman, Fresno County, California
Hometown
Kerman, Fresno County, California

Military service

Service number
39417110
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Hanau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 16

Immediate family

Members
Settimo S. Pallesi (father)
Mary (Beniditti) Pallesi (mother)
Helen Pallesi (sister)
Christine J. Pallesi (sister)
Augustino Pallesi (brother)
Fred J. Pallesi (brother)
Samuel W. Pallesi (brother)

More information

T/5 Geno P. Pallesi attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Fresno, California on 24 June 1943.

He died in a field hospital to the effects of a gunshot in his chest and kidney.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Carlson Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten