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Personal info

Full name
ZIMBARDO, John
Date of birth
26 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32960650
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Near Hottviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 15 36

Immediate family

Members
Ralph R. Zimbardo (father)
Maria (Milazzo) Zimbardo (mother)
Joseph Zimbardo (brother)
Ralph J. Zimbardo (brother)

More information

Pvt John Zimbardo attended high school for three years and was employed at the General Electric before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 25 May 1942.

He died in a hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments on his tibia.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Sylvian Merchant Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
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