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Personal info

Full name
PIAZZA, Michael
Date of birth
25 August 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Wilcox, Newaygo County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36157202
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 48 9

Immediate family

Members
Emanual Piazza (father)
Philipa Piazza (mother)
Lena Piazza (sister)
Joseph Piazza (brother)
Jeanne Piazza (sister)

More information

Pfc Michael Piazza worked on a farm before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 4 June 1941.
He enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Dahlke Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy