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Personal info

Full name
TURCO, Michael A
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
32861480
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Geinsheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 4 29

Immediate family

Members
Dominick Turco (father)
Theresa (Defino) Turco (mother)
John Turco (brother)
Lucille Turco (sister)
Robert Defino (stepbrother)

More information

Pfc Michael A. Turco enlisted in New York City, New York on 12 March 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Barbara Maiorana Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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