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:
F
Row:
1
Grave:
9
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.