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Personal info

Full name
CARAVONA, Dominic Peter
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-491911
Rank
Captain
Function
Doctor
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Near Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 67

Immediate family

Members
Amadeo Caravona (father)
Ellen (Bricia) Caravona (mother)
Sarah Caravona (sister)
Tillie Caravona (sister)
Angelo Caravona (brother)
Mildred E. (Gaunter) Caravona (wife)
Ronald D. Caravona (son)
Mary Ellen Caravona (daughter)

More information

Capt Dominic P. Caravona graduated from Lincoln High School and Ohio State University. He received his medical degree from St. Louis University and established his medical practice on Cleveland's west side.

He was commissioned by the Medical Officer's Recruiting Board in Cleveland in September 1942.

Capt Caravona was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Marriage Records and Indexes Cuyahoga County Ohio 1810-1973, AAR 51rd inf. battalion August 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Phillippe Duparcq, www.e-yearbook.com - St. Louis University yearbook 1938, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks 1880-2012 Ohio State University 1933, Family Search