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Personal info

Full name
MINCIN, Severio Pete
Date of birth
9 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33247235
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riedwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 33

Immediate family

Members
Frank Mincin (father)
Maria (Minuitti) Mincin (mother)
Teressa G. Mincin (sister)
Elizabeth Mincin (sister)
Peter J. Mincin (brother)
Raymond Mincin (brother)
Carl A. Mincin (brother)
Ida Mincin (sister)
Ventura Mincin (brother)
Angelo L. Mincin (brother)
Auras Mincin (brother)
Mary T. Mincin (sister)

More information

Pvt Severio P. Mincin attended high school for one year and was an unemployed mason before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 6 July 1942.

He first served with the Coast Artillery for twenty-one months in the Aleutians. He returned to the Unite States in July 1944 and was sent to Europa after a six weeks infantry training.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thigh.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Altoona Mirror - 13 March 1945