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Personal info

Full name
TROLIO, Arthur Benjamin
Date of birth
3 April 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32113099
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Brandenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 1 19

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Trolio (father)
Albine Trolio (mother)
Martha Trolio (sister)
Ella Garabaldi (fiancé)

More information

T/Sgt Arthur B. Trolio attended Brooklyn Technical High School and was employed at the Guaranty Trust Company in Manhattan.

He enlisted in Jamaica, New York on 11 April 1941.

He was wounded in action in France in July 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, Combined Arms Research Library, www.ancestry.com - 1925/1940 census, www.bklyn.newspaper.com - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet