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Personal info

Full name
BUCCI, Frank Paul
Date of birth
16 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Jamaica, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32808379
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
701st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Near Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 6 26

Immediate family

Members
Savias Bucci (father)
Vincenza Bucci (mother)
Mary Bucci (sister)
Rose Bucci (sister)
Dominick Bucci (brother)
Marie Bucci (wife)

More information

T/5 Frank P. Bucci graduated from Jamaica High School and managed the Bradford baseball club. He also was a baseball player himself.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 February 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Long Island Daily Press - 19 February 1945