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Personal info

Full name
CITRANO, Sam John
Date of birth
9 March 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
34235001
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
Near Moivrons, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 46

Immediate family

Members
Vincent Citrano (father)
Rosa (Messia) Citrano (mother)
Frances Citrano (sister)
Charles A. Citrano (brother)
Stella Citrano (wife)

More information

Pfc Sam J. Citrano attended Fair Park High School for one year and was employed at the Maurer's Bakery Company before he enlisted at Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 10 March 1942.
He was sent overseas in February 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Citrano Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Shreveport Journal 14 December 1944, www.6tharmoreddivision.com
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