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Personal info

Full name
RAGO, Louis Jos
Date of birth
18 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32356132
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wadern-Weiskirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 50

Immediate family

Members
John Rago (father)
Grace Rago (mother)
Alfred Rago (brother)
Madeline Rago (sister)
Elmer Rago (brother)
Angelina Rago (sister)
Dolores Rago (sister)
Frank Rago (brother)
Fannie Rago (sister)
Annie M. Rago (sister)

More information

Pfc Louis J. Rago attended high school for two years and was a cook before he enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 18 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

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