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Personal info

Full name
DI IORIO, Libaerato Albert
Date of birth
10 October 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
11111688
Rank
Private
Function
Forward Observer
Unit
Cannon Company,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
12 November 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hürtgen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

More information

Pvt Libaerato A. Di Lorio was a construction worker before he volunteered for the U.S. Army in Providence, Rhode Island on 24 November 1942.

Pvt Di Lorio was a member of a forward observers party (three men in total), who were heading to a location currently held by Easy Company, southwest of Hürtgen on 11 November 1944. According to a survivor of this team (who was wounded), the team was caught in an artillery barrage. Pvt Di Iorio was exiting the woods and crossing a road when hit by artillery and killed.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) - Department of Defense (DOD)

Photo source: Peter Schouteten