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Personal info

Full name
SILANO, Joseph
Date of birth
21 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
12192230
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arry, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 42

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Silano (father)
Rosina (Masucci) Silano (mother)
Rose J. Silano (sister)
Patsy H. Silano (brother)
Fannie C. Silano (sister)
Rosaline Silano (sister)
Josephine Silano (wife)

More information

Pvt Joseph Silano was a shipping clerk.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 1 December 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary McIntyre