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Personal info

Full name
LANZA, Luke Leo
Date of birth
12 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
34152353
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
27 June 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 22 37

Immediate family

Members
Bernardo Lanza (father)
Carleen (Mule) Lanza (mother)
Mike Lanza (brother)
Rose Lanza (sister)
Carlo Lanza (brother)
Josephine Lanza (sister)
Samuel Lanza (brother)
Joseph Lanza (brother)
Mary Lanza (sister)
Antonio Lanza (brother)
Jennie Lanza (sister)
Bennie Lanza (brother)

More information

Pfc Luke L. Lanza enlisted in Jacksonville AAF, Florida on 10 October 1941.

He attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / K. Guarino Family Tree
Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - K.M. Guarino