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Personal info

Full name
PEARO, Richard John
Date of birth
21 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32939467
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Belmont-Les Rouges Eaux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 8 54

Immediate family

Members
Harold Pearo (father)
Bertha Pearo (mother)
David Pearo (brother)

More information

Pvt Richard J. Pearo attended high school for one year and was a messenger boy employed by the S. Porter - Cable Machinery Company.

He enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 4 August 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his back and the side of his body.

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