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Personal info

Full name
PIAZZA, Emil Robert
Date of birth
19 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
Hometown
Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35388664
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 31 34

Immediate family

Members
Daniel O. Piazza (father)
Anna (Dombek) Piazza (mother)
Viola Piazza (sister)
Stanley Piazza (brother)
Daniel Piazza (brother)
Anna M. Piazza (sister)
Helen M. (Shearer) Piazza (wife)

More information

Pfc Emil R. Piazza graduated from North High School and worked at the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation.

He enlisted in August 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Pfc Emil R. Piazza was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Carl Francis Badalich / 1930 Census / U.S., Social Security Death Index / Engel Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal
Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - Shahtan, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal