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Personal info

Full name
MARRO, Ferdinando Antonia
Date of birth
26 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
42134234
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 5

Immediate family

Members
Bertino Marro (father)
Ada Marro (mother)
Peter Maro (brother)
Anna Marro (sister)
Salvatore Marro (brother)

More information

Pfc Ferdinando A. Marro attended high school for three years and was an unemployed carpenter before he enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 22 May 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his head and face.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem