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Personal info

Full name
BACCELLIA, George Edward J
Date of birth
22 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Sacramento County, California
Hometown
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California

Military service

Service number
39148533
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Obergeckler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 87

Immediate family

Members
George J. Baccellia (father)
Ruby I. (Selinger) Baccellia (mother)
Raymond E. Baccellia (brother)
Calvin F. Baccellia (brother)
Elizabeth F. Baccellia (sister)
Marcella M. (Johnson) Baccellia (wife)

More information

Pvt George E. Baccellia attended high school for two years and was a chauffeur, employed by the U.S. Railroad before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 7 July 1944.
He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / The Beverly Family of Virginia Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Sacramento Union - 8 November 1945