Sgt. Bernard Frank Rossi
Born: 21 November 1921 – Melrose Park, Illinois
Parents: Frank C. Rossi & Michelina Maeillard-Rossi
Siblings: 3 sisters
Home:
– 810 North Eighteenth Avenue – Melrose Park, Illinois
Education:
– Melrose Park Grade School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1939
Employment: American Can Company – Maywood, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 February 1942
Contact Person: Frank Rossi – father
Inducted:
– U.S. Army
– 25 September 1942
Serial Number: 36376529
Training:
– Camp Livingston, Louisiana
– Camp Gordon, Georgia
– West Virginia
Unit: Company A, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division
Stationed:
– Southampton, England
Engagements:
– Normandy
– landed 22 July 1944
– France
– first engagement – 28 July 1944 -hedgerow fighting
– fought through towns of Percy, Montbray, Montguoray, Gathemo by August 1944
Killed in Action:
– 5 August 1944 -Battle of Gathemo
Buried:
– Brittany American Cemetery – St. James, France
– Plot: F Row: 8 Grave: 10
Medals: Purple Heart
