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Personal info

Full name
CIORLI, Dominic Joseph
Date of birth
20 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33234406
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Near Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 15

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Ciorli (father)
Filomena M. Ciorli (mother)
Mary Ciorli (sister)
Madeline Ciorli (sister)

More information

Pfc Dominic J. Ciorli attended St. Jerome's High School for four years and was an architect before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 24 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call, 27 December 1944.
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