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Personal info

Full name
COLLEMACINE, Peter Anthony
Date of birth
29 June 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33812139
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Benonchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 24

Immediate family

Members
Cesare Collemacine (father)
Concetta Collemacine (mother)
Angelina Collemacine (sister)
Dominic Collemacine (brother)
Carmella Collemacine (sister)
Joseph G. Collemacine (brother)
Marie P. Collemacine (sister)
Pompei Collemacine (sister)
Maria A. Collemacine (sister)
Nicolo Collemacine (brother)
Nicholas Collemacine (brother)
Cesare Collemacine (brother)
Martin A. Collemacine (brother)
Salvatore F. Collemacine (brother)
Mary Collemacine (wife)
Peter A. Collemacine (son)
Martin W. Collemacine (son)

More information

Pfc Peter A. Collemacine attended high school for one year and was a machinist apprentice before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 29 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, 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 / Ziegler Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten