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Personal info

Full name
VAFEAS, Paul Peter
Date of birth
18 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33715086
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Jeanménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 19

Immediate family

Members
Stavros P. Vafeas Jr. (father)
Georgia (Bayeas) Vafeas (mother)
Angeline Vafeas (sister)
William P. Vafeas (brother)

More information

Pvt Paul P. Vafeas graduated from Aliquippa High School in 1942 and was employed as a welder at American Bridge.

He enlisted in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on 28 December 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Vafeas Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - Agamra, Aliquippa High School 1942