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Personal info

Full name
DA SARO, Louis John
Date of birth
17 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Military service

Service number
32783106
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 19 24

Immediate family

Members
Felice Da Saro (mother)
Mike Da Saro (brother)

More information

The family lived in lower Manhattan, near Greenwich Village, before moving to Staten Island.

Pvt Louis J. Da Saro was employed at Elko Shipyards and was the least likely of the boys to get into fights; he was a gentle soul. His oldest brother, Mike, help to raise him and his siblings after their father died.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kim McGeehan, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.80thidivision.com - Morning Report K Company, 318th Infantry Regiment of April 1945, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.wwiimemorial.com - Eugene Holton