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Personal info

Full name
PIRAINO, Joseph "Joe"
Date of birth
15 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wyoming
Hometown
La Salle, LaSalle County, Wyoming

Military service

Service number
36981801
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
353rd Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sankt Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 1 16

Immediate family

Members
Gaetano Piraino (father)
Rose (Falk) Piraino (mother)
Guy Piraino (brother)
Vincent Piraino (brother)
Josephine Piraino (sister)
Mauia Piraino (sister)
Anthony T. Piraino (brother)
Rose M. Piraino (sister)
Mary A. Piraino (sister)
Minnie T. Piraino (sister)
Frank Piraino (brother)
Jean A. (Walker) Piraino (wife)
Richard E. Piraino (son)

More information

Sgt Joseph Piraino was employed at the Milwaukee Elks Club.

His brother, S/Sgt Anthony T. Piraino, was killed in action on 27 December 1944 and is buried next to him.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007 / Iowa Marriage Records 1880-1940, http://www.89infdivww2.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery