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Personal info

Full name
BRIGNOLA, Leo Stephen
Date of birth
20 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33772664
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kaiserslautern-Schopp, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 42 30

Immediate family

Members
Leo P. Brignola (father)
Hannah R. (Johnson) Brignola (mother)
Theresa Brignola (sister)
Pasquale J. Brignola (sister)
Lucy Brignola (sister)
Margaret Brignola (sister)
Joseph Brignola (brother)
Ernest Brignola (brother)
Dorothy M. (Edinger) Brignola (wife)

More information

Pvt Leo S. Brignola was a production worker employed by the Phoenixville Iron Co. before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 6 March 1944.
He was married to Dorothy Edinger on 9 March 1940.
In September 1944 he was wounded at the phalanges of his little finger. He was discharged from hospital in December 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 / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Kane Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent