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Personal info

Full name
RAPAVI, Paul
Date of birth
21 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Lewis County, New York

Military service

Service number
32131753
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
In the Bastogne vicinity, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 11 5

Immediate family

Members
John Rapavi (father)
Anna (Slivka) Rapavi (mother)
George Rapavi (brother)
Michael Rapavi (brother)
Peter A. Rapavi (brother)
Mary Jayne Rapavi (sister)
Aleck Rapavi (brother)
Eva Rapavi (sister)
Anna Rapavi (sister)
Andrew Rapavi (brother)
Rose M. Rapavi (wife)

More information

T/4 Paul Rapavi enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 27 May 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1930 Census / 1925 New York State Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery