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Personal info

Full name
MAZZEO, Albert
Date of birth
22 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Trumbull County, Ohio
Hometown
Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15316809
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 9 4

Immediate family

Members
John Mazzeo (father)
Philomena Mazzeo (mother)
Mary Mazzeo (sister)
Louise Mazzeo (sister)
Anthony Mazzeo (brother)
Julia Mazzeo (sister)
John Mazzeo (brother)

More information

Sgt Albert Mazzeo graduated from Scienceville High School.

He enlisted in July 1942.

He was one of the 12 paratroopers who staged a demonstration for President Roosevelt and the British foreign minister, Anthony Eden, in Washington in March 1943.

Sgt Mazzeo was reported seriously wounded on 19 September 1944. He died of his wounds two days later.

Source of information: Erwin Derhaag, Ralph Peeters, Carla Mans, Youngstown Vindicator - 7 October 1944, www.ww2-airborne.us,
www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Ohio Birth Index
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Youngstown Vindicator - 7 October 1944, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal, www.findagrave.com - Hudson Louie