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Personal info

Full name
DELLI-PIZZI, Michael Joseph
Date of birth
22 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Bryn Mawr, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33137912
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 18 40

Immediate family

Members
Pasquale Delli-Pizzi (father)
Mary Delli-Pizzi (mother)
Joseph Delli-Pizzi (brother)
Cornelia Delli-Pizzi (sister)
Frank Delli-Pizzi (brother)
Rose Delli-Pizzi (sister)
Josephine Delli-Pizzi (sister)
Howard Delli-Pizzi (brother)

More information

Sgt Michael J. Delli-Pizzi worked in a garage before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 4 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania U.S. Veteran Compensation Application Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet