Gondela Thadeus Stanley

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Thadeus Stanley Gondela is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Waal River Crossing Memorial - 82nd Airborne Division

Name:

Thadeus Stanley Gondela

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

11061868

Unit:

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1944-09-20

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Comments:

Thadeus Stanley Gondela was born on July 20, 1920, in Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He served in the HQ/3, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. PFC Gondela is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.