Tony Contes

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
U.S. Army Good Conduct Medal Awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity in active Federal military service. It is awarded on a selective basis to each Soldier who distinguishes himself or herself from among his or her fellow Soldiers by their exemplary conduct, efficiency, and fidelity throughout a specified period of continuous enlisted active Federal military service.
American Defense Service Medal Awarded for service between September 8, 1939 and December 7, 1941 under orders to active duty for a period of 12 months or longer.
 Note that this list may not include all awarded medals, devices, unit citations or qualification badges.
 **It is likely but unconfirmed that PFC Contes was posthumously awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal.

Documents, Forms and Resources Found or Not Found:
No  Application For Headstone or Marker, OQMG Form 623
No  Eyewitness Statement or Report
Yes Grave Marker Photo(s), Find A Grave
Yes National Archives Database, Enlistment Records
No  Official Division After Action or Accident Report
No  Photo of veteran
No  Washington Newspaper Obit, Notice, or Report
No  WWII Draft Card Data
Yes WWII Hospital Admission Records

WWII Draft Card Data
  Tony Contes enlisted prior to the Selective Service Act of 1940

WWII Hospital Admission Records
Name: Tony Contes
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1917
Birth Place: Washington
Admission Date: November 1942
Admission Place: Ft. Ord, California
Discharge Date: November ---
Military Branch: Quartermaster
Diagnosis: Qualifying Term: Bilateral;
  Causative Agent: Motor vehicle, cargo
Injured in Line of Duty: Not determined
Length of Service: Over 3 years
Service Number: 6547973

Note 1: The death location, "At Fort Ord" is based on the best information available at this time. In the case of PFC Contes, this location was estimated on:

A. Fort Ord California was the home of the 7th Infantry Division beginning on 1 July 1940. It has not been verified that PFC Contes was assigned to Fort Ord, or if he was at that location on temporary duty. In the absence of any conflicting information, it is therefore assumed that he was assigned to the 70th.

B. At the time PFC Contes died the 7th Infantry Division was located at Fort Ord during November 1942.

C. Hospital Admission Records indicate that PFC Contes was admitted to the Fort Ord hospital and died as a result of injuries caused by "cargo" on a "motor vehicle", possibly a truck and that shifting or falling cargo caused his fatal injuries.

D. Further information on the Fort Ord and the 7th Infantry Division can be found at the Wikipedia website 7th Infantry Division (United States).

Anyone with additional information or a more specific location is welcomed and encouraged to submit an email to: ww2updates@withmilitaryhonors.com.

The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
 Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)

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