Antonio M. Pontes

  • ASN:
    31361496
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    1924
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Jul 30, 1944
FULL NAME:

Antonio M. Pontes

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

31361496

  • DATE OF BIRTH: 1924
  • DATE OF DEATH: Jul 30, 1944
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

New Bedford, Massachusetts

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Jun 11, 1943
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Boston, Massachusetts
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    38th Field Artillery Battalion
  • SUBUNIT:
    Unknown
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Private (Pvt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Unknown
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Bronze Star Medal, 🎖Purple Heart, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Killed in action (KIA)
  • DATE:
    Jul 30, 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Normandy, France
  • NOTES:
    First Location: Loin; Second Location: Leg; Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Other or Unspec to Blast, Fragments, Debris
HONORED BY:

Tony & Shirley Fiano

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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)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Antonio M Pontes
Army Serial Number
31361496
Enlistment Place
Boston Massachusetts
Enlistment Date
11 Jun 1943
Army Branch
No branch assignment
Service Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Enlistment Term
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
Grammar school
Occupation
Unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles, n.e.c.
Marital Status
Single, without dependents
Birth Date
1924
Birth Place
Massachusetts
Source Box Number
0431
Source Film Reel Number
3.153
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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