Patrick J. Christello

  • ASN:
    33712803
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Apr 21, 1926
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Dec 29, 2007
FULL NAME:

Patrick J. Christello

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

33712803

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Apr 21, 1926
  • DATE OF DEATH: Dec 29, 2007
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Mercer County, Pennsylvania

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Aug 25, 1944
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Erie, Pennsylvania
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    Unknown
  • SUBUNIT:
    Unknown
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Private (Pvt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Rifleman
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Purple Heart, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

SUMMARY OF HIS SERVICE:

Loved to golf, loved his family, smoked a pipe

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    Apr 1945
  • LOCATION:
    Unknown
  • NOTES:
    Diagnosis: Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement; Location: Leg; CausativeAgent: Bullet, Machine Gun
HONORED BY:

Lindsey Brewster, Granddaughter

NARA - Display Full Records

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
Patrick J Christello
Army Serial Number
33712803
Enlistment Place
Erie Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date
25 Aug 1944
Army Branch
No branch assignment
Service Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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
4 years of high school
Marital Status
Single, without dependents
Birth Date
1926
Birth Place
Pennsylvania
Source Box Number
0698
Source Film Reel Number
1.215
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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