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Personal info

Full name
MARINACCIO, Louis Anthony
Date of birth
4 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
12209204
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Near Orscholz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 22 6

Immediate family

Members
Vito Marinaccio (father)
Philomina Marinaccio (mother)
Carmella Marinaccio (sister)
John Marinaccio (brother)
Peter Marinaccio (brother)
Rafella Marinaccio (sister)
Anthony Marinaccio (brother)
Vitto Marinaccio (brother)
Christopher Marinaccio (brother)
Daniel Marinaccio (brother)

More information

Pfc Louis A. Marinaccio attended Canisius College in Buffalo in the Class of 1943.

He joined the Army in Buffalo, New York on 28 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, Canisius College newsletter, The Griffin - 21 September 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Canisius College yearbook 1940