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Personal info

Full name
LUNETTA, Salvatore John
Date of birth
19 December 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31005514
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 16 61

Immediate family

Members
John Lunetta (father)
Strena (Presenyana) Lunetta (mother)
Frances Lunetta (sister)
Mary Lunetta (sister)
Gertrude G. (Phelps) Lunetta (wife)
John Lunetta (son)
Donald Lunetta (son)

More information

Pfc Salvatore J. Lunetta was a construction worker, employed by the S.J. Keating Co. at Camp Devens.

He enlisted in Worcester, Massachusetts on 3 March 1941.

His daughter was born on 11 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, 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