Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
MOLINELLI, Lorenzo - Date of
birth
22 January 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Palermo, Italy -
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32193544 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
26 December 1944 - Place of
death
Grevels-Brésil, Luxembourg
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 16 | 42 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Sadie Molinelli (mother)
More information
Pfc Lorenzo Molinelli attended high school for one year and was a meat cutter before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 13 January 1942.He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.
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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dave Hansen