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Personal info

Full name
NEGRI, Adolph J
Date of birth
1 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California
Hometown
Daly City, San Mateo County, California

Military service

Service number
39034667
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Prummern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 7 8

Immediate family

Members
Clement Negri (father)
Mary (Grugno) Negri (mother)
Alexander Negri (brother)
Fred Negri (brother)
Victor Negri (brother)
Eleanor Negri (sister)

More information

Pfc Adolph J. Negri enlisted in San Francisco, California on 15 December 1942.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The situation cited: For gallantry in action against the enemy in Germany, 20 November 1944. When enemy machine gun fire delayed the advance of his company on a German town, Pfc. Adolph Negri, moving forward aggressively with his light machine gun, assaulted the enemy position alone in an effort to enable the advance to continue. He lost his life in this section when fire from several enemy positions was directed upon him. The intrepid action, initiative and bravery displayed by Pfc. Negri reflects high credit upon himself and the military service.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us, www.newspapers.com - Santa Cruz Sentinel - 26 November 1945,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Ralph Peeters, www.wwiimemorial.com - Beatrice J. Allen