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Personal info

Full name
MASTIO, Michael Joseph
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
Hometown
Kickapoo, Leavenworth County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
6864696
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Liverdun, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 72

Immediate family

Members
George G. Mastio (father)
Francis E. Mastio (mother)
Joseph F. Mastio (brother)
Rose Mastio (sister)
Elizabeth Mastio (sister)
Mary Mastio (sister)
Cecelia Mastio (sister)
Adam Mastio (brother)
Ralph P. Mastio (brother)
Flora Mastio (sister)
Frances Mastio (sister)
Lucille Mastio (sister)
Phillip Mastio (brother)
Willow W. (Wireman) Mastio (wife)
George Mastio (son)

More information

Pfc Michael J. Mastio attended high school for three years before he joined the Regular Army in Kansas.

He was married to Willow Wireman on 4 May 1944.

He was killed due to the blast of an artillery shell.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
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