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Personal info

Full name
LOMANTO, Samuel Charles
Date of birth
4 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32670768
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 11 28

Immediate family

Members
James C. Lomanto (father)
Rose Lomanto (mother)
Lucy Lomanto (sister)
Louis Lomanto (brother)
Joseph A. Lomanto (brother)

More information

Pvt Samuel C. Lomanto worked in the manufacturing of leather products before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 30 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet