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Personal info

Full name
TRUPIA, Salvatore Anthony
Date of birth
11 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Neptune, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12133746
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
615th Bombardment Squadron,
401st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
20 February 1944
Place of death
Open ground near small village, south of Magdeburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles Trupia (father)
Kate (Salvatrice) Trupia (mother)
Mary Trupia (sister)
Frances Trupia (sister)
Joseph Trupia (brother)
Jeanette Trupia (sister)
Charles A. Trupia (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31518
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Doolittle's Doughboy's
Destination: Leipzig, Germany
Mission: Bombing Aircraft plant
MACR: 2437

Biography

www.remember-our-heroes.nl

More information

Sgt Trupia enlisted in October 1942.

He was killed during an attack of enemy fighters. He was last seen lying on the floor in the back of the waist, dead. He was hit in the leg and the chest by a small 20 mm shell.

Source of information: Andy Swinnen,www.remember-our-heroes.nl, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - Ashbury Park Press, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census

Photo source: Andy Swinnen, www.newspapers.com - Ashbury Park Press