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Personal info

Full name
MARRO, John
Date of birth
9 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
Hometown
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35752756
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Rémilly, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 9 32

Immediate family

Members
Sam Marro (father)
Mary Marro (mother)
Russell A. Marro (brother)

More information

Pfc John Marro attended high school for two years and was a driver at the Allen Sherman Hoff Company before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 10 April 1943.

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, www.findagrave.com, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
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