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Personal info

Full name
DE PAOLO, Louis Rodolpho Filhberto
Date of birth
20 January 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42018320
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 54

Immediate family

Members
Elizabeth De Paolo (mother)
Albert De Paolo (brother)
Margaret (Fermzzano) De Paolo (wife)

More information

Pvt Louis R. F. De Paolo was employed by the Arlington Engineering Company before he enlisted in September 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.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The News 7 February 1945, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten