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Personal info

Full name
LIGUORI, Edward Joseph
Date of birth
27 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
32314302
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Küstelberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 4 11

Immediate family

Members
Leopold Liguori (father)
Jennie Liguori (mother)
Joseph Liguori (brother)
Matilda Ligouri (sister)

More information

Sgt Edward J. Liguori attended Rye Neck High School and was employed as a butcher at Blue Bird Meat Markets and Maier's Food Market.

He enlisted in Fort Jay, New York on 13 April 1942. He was with the Army Air Corps for two and a half years at Moore Field in Mission, Texas. He was transferred to the Infantry in October 1944 and received training at Camp Maxey, Texas. He was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, Ton Pelzers, www.abmc.gov , www.wwiimemorial.com,
www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ton Pelzers, Mount Vernon Argus - 24 April 1945