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Personal info

Full name
CIROCCO, Carmen Antonio
Date of birth
6 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36972302
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 9 6

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Cirocco (father)
Constanza (Emanuele) Cirocco (mother)
Joe Cirocco (brother)
Blasé Cirocco (brother)
John Cirocco (brother)
Louis Cirocco (brother)
George Cirocco (brother)
Lucy Cirocco (sister)
Tony Cirocco (brother)

More information

Pvt Carmen A. Cirocco was employed at Ford Aircraft in Dearborn, Michigan.

One of the photos was taken when his parents visited his grave in 1959.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Laura Phillips, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, Tony Cirocco

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Tony Cirocco/Paul van Nuil, www.ancestry.com - Daniel Foster