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Personal info

Full name
GRACEFFA, Louis A
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20101234
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 22 30

Immediate family

Members
Anna Graceffa (mother)
Gloria G. Graceffa (sister)

More information

Sgt Louis A. Graceffa joined the National Guard in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

He was killed in action when a grenade landed on his position.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Gloria G. Ratti, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy