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T/5 John J. Centrello attended high school for 4 years and was a checker before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 10 December 1942.
Lt Joseph E. Glover of the I&R platoon was ordered to reconnoiter the anti-tank ditch in the woods. With a party of eleven men the platoon leader passed through the position of B Company at the southern edge of Campholz shortly after midnight and worked his way through the pitch-black woods to the tank trap. After an extensive search failed to reveal the presence of mines, the I&R men began their return. As the patrol moved south toward B Company’s position at the base of the woods, an enemy outpost discovered it. One I&R man, T/5 John J. Centrello, was killed and four others captured before the remainder of the group was able to disengage and infiltrate to the lines of B Company.