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Personal info

Full name
RICCI, Orlando John
Date of birth
11 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33483531
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Elsenborn Ridge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 13 39

Immediate family

Members
Francesco Ricci (father)
Loretta Ricci (mother)
Julia Ricci (sister)
Antonio Ricci (brother)
Victor Ricci (brother)
Mary A. Ricci (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Orlando J. Ricci was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 30 November 1942.

He was killed by a large caliber shell that landing just beside his foxhole. He was killed instantly.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com – Julia Ricci Hughes, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.miaproject.net