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Personal info

Full name
DE SANTO, Frank Daniel
Date of birth
16 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
42108420
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 35

Immediate family

Members
Maurice De Santo (father)
Anna De Santo (mother)
Joseph De Santo (brother)
Maurice De Santo (brother)
Evelyn De Santo (sister)

More information

Pvt Frank D. De Santo graduated from Hastings High School.

He enlisted in Fort Dix, New Jersey on 23 March 1944.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census
Census, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, http://www.ww2-airborne.us