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Personal info

Full name
CUSSIO, Santo Joseph
Date of birth
20 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35112098
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 February 1945
Place of death
Near Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 23 25

Immediate family

Members
Peter Cussio (father)
Vittoria F. (Palazzolo) Cussio (mother)
Francis C. Cussio (sister)
Frank J. Cussio (brother)
Bennie Cussio (brother)
Joseph F. Cussio (brother)
Josephine Cussio (sister)

More information

T/5 Santo J. Cussio attended high school for four years and was employed at the Buckeye Wholesale Grocery before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 28 March 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire.

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 / Julie and Jeremy Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal 29 April 1945