GONDELA, Thadeus S
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GONDELA, Thadeus S
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| Servicenumber: |
11061868 |
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| Age: |
24 |
| Born: |
1920, Massachusetts |
| Hometown: |
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts |
| Family: |
Louis Gondela (Father)
Sophie Gondela (Mother)
Stanley Gondela (Brother)
Helen Gondela (Sister)
Jennie Gondela (Sister) |
| Rank: |
Private First Class |
| Function: |
Not available |
| Regiment: |
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment |
| Battalion: |
3rd Battalion |
| Division – Transport: |
82nd Airborne Division |
| Company – Squadron: |
HQ Company |
| Unit – Group: |
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Plane data:
(Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) |
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| Date of death: |
20 September 1944 |
| Status: |
KIA |
| Place of death: |
Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| Spot: |
Not available |
| Awards: |
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster |
| Gravenumber: |
Plot F, Row 1, Grave 9 |
| Cemetery: |
American War Cemetery Margraten |
| Biography: |
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| Other information: |
Entered service on 4 March 1942 at Springfield, Massachusetts, with enlistment in the Regular Army as a private. Thadeus got killed during Waal river crossing. He was temporary buried at the cemetery in Molenhoek, The Netherlands on 22 September 1944, plot A, row 7, grave 123.
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Source of information: Astrid van Erp, WWII Memorial, Fold3, Market Garden, www.ancestry.com
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, Market Garden
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