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Personal info

Full name
TAORMINA, Antonino
Date of birth
30 March 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Pioppo, Palermo, Italy
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32878364
Rank
Private
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
C Company,
77th Armored Medical Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Near the edge of highway GC-49 from Sillegny to Lorry, just west of the main road junction at Sillegny.
In the vicinity of Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 16 25

Immediate family

Members
Guiseppe Taormina (father)
Giovanmina Taormina (sister)
Philomena (LoPiccolo) Taormina (wife)

More information

Pvt Antonino Taormina was married to Filomena LoPiccolo on 1 October 1933.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 30 March 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / https://www.7tharmddiv.org, IDPF courtesy of the 7th AD Association

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laurette D