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Personal info

Full name
SOMMA, Albert Carmine
Date of birth
21 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32338404
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 45 16

Immediate family

Members
Anniella Somma (father)
Victoria Somma (mother)
Carmine Somma (brother)
Domenica Somma (sister)
Antoinette Somma (sister)
Theresa Somma (wife)

More information

Pfc Albert C. Somma was a clerk, employed by the Mike Sears Co.

He enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 1 May 1942.

Pfc Somma was severely wounded in action by small arms fire and died of his wounds on 20 November 1944. The exact date when he was reported wounded in action and the location where he died, is unknown.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy