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Personal info

Full name
BAFFA, Elmer R
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33589910
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Poussoy-La-Chetive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 4 51

Immediate family

Members
Emanuel Baffa (father)
Victoria Baffa (mother)
Victor Baffa (brother)
Lois Baffa (sister)
Theodore F. Baffa (brother)
Alfred J. Baffa (brother)
Hellen E. Baffa (sister)

More information

Pfc Elmer R. Baffa worked as a metal smith before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 5 March 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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