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Personal info

Full name
SYLVESTRO, Nicholas J
Date of birth
18 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33809563
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 29 11

Immediate family

Members
Michael Sylvestro (father)
Jennie Sylvestro (mother)
John Sylvestro (brother)
Alfred Sylvestro (brother)
Gilda Sylvestro (sister)
Frank Sylvestro (brother)
Nathalie Sylvestro (sister)
Eldolina Sylvestro (sister)
Sarah Sylvestro (sister)

More information

Pvt. Nicholas J. Sylvestro was a shipping clerk before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 4 January 1944.

At the time of his death the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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