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Personal info

Full name
DI BENEDETTO, Emilio
Date of birth
23 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Siano, Salerno, Italy
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31465371
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 4 17

Immediate family

Members
Rocci Di Benedetto (father)
Gaiza Di Benedetto (mother)
Frank Di Benedetto (brother)
Vito Di Benedetto (brother)
Agnes Di Benedetto (sister)

More information

Pfc Emilio Di Benedetto enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 26 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Tennessee U.S. Naturalization Records

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet