FULL NAME:

Anthony A. Brigenthi

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

31378077

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Jun 28, 1924
  • DATE OF DEATH: Jan 19, 2017
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Hartford County, Connecticut

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Jun 21, 1943
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Hartford, Connecticut
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    38th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company K, 3rd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Sergeant (Sgt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Squad Leader
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal, 🎖Honorable Service Lapel Button, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    Oct 1944
  • NOTES:
    First Location: Thigh; Second Diagnosis: Hematoma; Second Location: Peritoneum and peritoneal cavity (greater peritoneal sac); Third Diagnosis: Prostatitis, chronic (non-gonococcal); Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified
HONORED BY:

Vincent Peaucelle

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

Brief Scope: This series contains records of approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

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