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Personal info

Full name
LUNETTA, Salvatore Joseph
Date of birth
4 June 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Italy
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
12043320
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Drzewica, Poland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Michael Lunetta (father)
Moria Lunetta (mother)
Rosie Lunetta (sister)
Annie Lunetta (sister)

More information

Pfc Salvatore J. Lunetta attended high school for one year and was a machinist.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in New York City, New York on 22 January 1942.

He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Metz on 6 October 1944.

Information reveals that the German guards forced the American and Russian Prisoners of War to leave Stalag III-C near the village of Drzewica, Poland on 31 January 1945. They had marched only a short distance when they were caught between Russian and German cross fire and were killed by gunfire from Russian tanks.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / Records of World War II Prisoners of War, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Daily News 31 July 1945