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Personal info

Full name
MALTESE, Jack
Date of birth
12 February 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
East Paterson, Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
East Paterson, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42103756
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Near Bensheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 10

Immediate family

Members
Vito Maltese (father)
Rosalia Maltese (mother)
Jean Maltese (sister)
Mary Maltese (sister)
James L. Maltese (brother)
Catherine Maltese (sister)
Josephine Maltese (sister)
Aurora Maltese (sister)

More information

Pfc Jack Maltese attended Lodi High School and was employed at the Schnieder Bros before he inducted 29 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Herald News 9 May 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call 9 May 1945