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Personal info

Full name
RICCI, Raymond Francis
Date of birth
14 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33919521
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Fraulautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 48

Immediate family

Members
Ottavio Ricci (father)
Josephine M. (Ledonne) Ricci (mother)
Eleanor Ricci (sister)
Richard R. Ricci (brother)

More information

Pfc Raymond F. Ricci attended high school for one year and worked for the Kress Box Company before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 17 January 1944.

His father emigrated from Italy.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Card / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press - 5 September 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press - 5 September 1945