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Personal info

Full name
SPINA, Joseph
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32094204
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Singling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 41 26

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Spina (father)
Serofino Spina (mother)
Dominick Spina (brother)
Louis Spina (brother)
Michael Spina (brother)
Katie Spina (sister)
Rose Spina (sister)
Nancy Spina (sister)

More information

Sgt Joseph Spina enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 10 June 1941.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / New York State Census 1915/1925 / Headstone and Interment Records

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