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Personal info

Full name
POMPA, Albert T "Big Papa"
Date of birth
13 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio
Hometown
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
6991481
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grand Halleux , Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 3

Immediate family

Members
Daniel Pompa (father)
Mary Ann Pompa (mother)
Mary Pompa (sister)
Joseph Pompa (brother)
Betty Pompa (sister)

More information

Pfc. Albert T. Pompa joined the Regular Army on 5 February 1940.

He was killed instantly at the G Company command post which was in a small church.

Entering the church, he commented to the radio operator, Peter Dounis, that he had killed 16 Germans. He, then asked, "Where's the coffee?". He and 3 other soldiers went to the back corner of the church, where the coffee was. Within a few minutes, a mortar shell exploded at that back corner, killing the men.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#3, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.battleofthebuldgememories.be, VBOB Newsletter 1982 Pete Dounis

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Susan Guy