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Personal info

Full name
NEGRI, John Jr
Date of birth
29 November 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Florence, Fremont County, Colorado
Hometown
Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-520359
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 12 42

Immediate family

Members
John Negri Sr. (father)
Mary J. (Verre) Negri (mother)
Ange Negri (sister)
Rose G. Negri (sister)
Angelo Negri (brother)
Mary J. Negri (sister)
Anne Negri (sister)
Frank G. Negri (brother)
Luta B. (Scruggs) Negri (wife)
John J. Negri (son)

More information

2nd Lt John Negri Jr. attended a Post-graduate before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 9 February 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 / Davis Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Beth in Colorado
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - cmiked