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Personal info

Full name
PASSANANDO, Ronald E
Date of birth
9 August 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Italy
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36667592
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 5 8

Immediate family

Members
Martin Passanando (father)
Concetta ( Magliano) Passanando (mother)
Josephine (Cutrano) Passanando (wife)

More information

Ronald Passanando came to America, arriving on 2 May 1910. He was with his mother. They came to Chicago, Illinois. His mother died in February of 1931.

He married Josephine Cutrano on 5 June 1934.

Pvc Passanando was taken prisoner on 24 December 1944. At that time his unit was engaged in the fighting around Grandmenil, Belgium. He died in a German field hospital. The exact circumstances and place are not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - Records of World War II Prisoners of War, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Cook County Illinois Marriage Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Family collection