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Personal info

Full name
LOMBARDI, Sisto Ricardo
Date of birth
3 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20107851
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Near Wolfskirchen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 6 8

Immediate family

Members
Floro Lombardi (father)
Maria (Mastrogonia) Lombardi (mother)
Dominick F. Lombardi (brother)
Angelo Lombardi (brother)
Albina Lombardi (sister)
Joseph Lombardi (brother)
Floro Lombardi (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Sisto R. Lombardi was employed at the White Oak Excavators when he joined the National Guard in Springfield, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments that caused a skull fracture resulting in brain damage.

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. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M