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Personal info

Full name
SPANO, Steven
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Alliance, Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35870445
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Machine Gunner
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Mouterhouse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 23 56

Immediate family

Members
Frances Spano (mother)
Dominic Spano (brother)
James Spano (brother)
Nick Spano (brother)
Angeline Spano (sister)

More information

Pfc Steven Spano enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 26 July 1943. He had been overseas a year, fighting in North Africa, Italy and France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Independent
Photo source: www.findagrave.com