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Personal info

Full name
SORRENTINO, Patrick Anthony
Date of birth
1 Oct 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32923046
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Grandvillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 58

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Sorrentino (father)
Rachel (Gallo) Sorrentino (mother)
John Sorrentino (brother)
Camille Sorrentino (sister)
Agnes Sorrentino (sister)
Patricia Sorrentino (sister)
Joseph Sorrentino (brother)
Marie Sorrentino (sister)
John J. Sorrentino (brother)
Fred A. Sorrentino (brother)
Michael Sorrentino (brother)

More information

Pvt Patrick A. Sorrentino graduated from Vocational High School in 1942.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey, on 19 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Courier News (New Jersey) - 28 June 1944, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Jersey Journal - 5 February 1945