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Personal info

Full name
SOLA, Philip
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Trenton, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32206955
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
F Company,
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Near Lezey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 44

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Sola (father)
Maria (Lo Re) Sola (mother)
Peter Sola (brother)
Carmen Sola (brother)
Johny Sola (brother)
Rose Sola (sister)

More information

Sgt Philip Sola enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 4 february 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Henry Morris (Nephew), www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - 1942 Yearbook of the 37th Tank Battalion - Added by Silvano Theunissen