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Personal info

Full name
NIRO, Pasquale Jr
Date of birth
30 September 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Argentina
Hometown
Boyers, Butler County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33920698
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Geistenbeck-Güdderath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 14 5

Immediate family

Members
Antoneitte (Iasenzaniro) Niro (mother)
Mary A. (Dematteis) Niro (wife)
Antonetta Niro (daughter)
Rita Niro (daughter)

More information

Pfc Pasquale Niro enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 28 January 1944.

He was promoted to Private First Class on 28 September 1944 and was seriously wounded in action on 10 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Laura Phillips, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Inscription and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, Sophia Quaedvlieg