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Personal info

Full name
RICCI, Edward J
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Maine
Hometown
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31399879
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schmidt, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 59

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Ricci (father)
Antoinetta (Leo) Ricci (mother)
Adeline A. Ricci (sister)
Alphonse Ricci (brother)
Anthony Ricci (brother)
Ida (Gagne) Ricci (wife)

More information

Pfc Edward J. Ricci enlisted in Portland, Maine, on 6 November 1943.

He was married to Ida Gagne on 26 April 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Maine, Marriages, 1892-1996 / U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.historynet.com/the-hurtgen-forest-1944-the-worst-place-of-any.htm.

Photo source: Aimee Fogg, Russ Pickett