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Personal info

Full name
DI LEO, Anthony S
Date of birth
21 October 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Palermo, Italy
Hometown
Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32845286
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 15 41

Immediate family

Members
Mariano Di Leo (father)
Rosalia (Trizzino) Di Leo (mother)

More information

Pvt Anthony S. Di Leo was a stockroom clerk before he enlisted on 19 April 1943 in Rochester, New York. He was sent overseas in December 1943, and was reported wounded in action on 11 June 1944. After recovering, re rejoined his unit.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: , www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle