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Personal info

Full name
PIUS, Arthur
Date of birth
28 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Lockport, Will County, Illinois
Hometown
Will County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36658829
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
A Battery,
903rd Field Artillery Battalion,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bickerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 10 49

Immediate family

Members
John Pius (father)
Sophia Pius (mother)
Stanley Pius (brother)
Joseph Pius (brother)
Edward Pius (brother)
Wilbur Pius (brother)
Sally Pius (sister)
Cecelia Pius (sister)
John Pius (brother)

More information

Cpl Arthur Pius was first buried at Block GG, Row 6, Grave 110.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, Carla Mans, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lockport Township High School 1942