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Personal info

Full name
TRIGILIO, Joseph John
Date of birth
17 February 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31274877
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
South of Langerwehe, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 8 47

Immediate family

Members
Santo Trigilio (father)

More information

Pfc Joseph J. Trigilio enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 17 December 1942.

He was a toolmaker in civil life. He landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Margraten Block BB, Row 10, Grave 185.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet