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Personal info

Full name
PANEBIANCO, John William
Date of birth
2 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32238457
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Walsheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 33 17

Immediate family

Members
Salvatore Panebianco (father)
Maria S. Panebianco (mother)
Pauline Panebianco (sister)
Nancy (Manzi) Panebianco (wife)

More information

S/Sgt John W. Panebianco attended high school for four years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 17 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mooney Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
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