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Personal info

Full name
MARINARO, Samuel
Date of birth
12 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33426307
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Koslar-Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 5 29

Immediate family

Members
Emmanuel Marinaro (father)
Margaret Marinaro (mother)
Carmela E. Marinaro (sister)
Louis Marinaro (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Samuel Marinaro graduated from Peabody High School and worked for Warner Brothers

He enlisted on 15 February 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was sent overseas in July 1944. He was reported wounded in action three times and had left the hospital only a week before his death.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / BKP, Peabody High School, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press