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Personal info

Full name
RIZZO, Ralph P
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32009456
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 April 1945
Place of death
Near the Danube river, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 24 3

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Rizzo (father)
Antoinette Rizzo (mother)
Angelo Rizzo (brother)
Charles Rizzo (brother)
Carmela Rizzo (sister)
Mildred Rizzo (sister)
Louis Rizzo (brother)
John Rizzo (brother)
Mary Rizzo (sister)

More information

Pfc. Ralph P. Rizzo enlisted on 27 February 1941 in New York City, New York.

He attended 1 year of high school and was a semiskilled routemen before he enlisted.

His parents were born in Italy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S., Headstone and Interment Record / World War II Army Enlistment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census, A pictorial account of the 393rd Infantry Regiment in combat
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