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Personal info

Full name
RUSSO, Antonio Stephen
Date of birth
9 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Richmond Hill, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
42133411
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 9

Immediate family

Members
Dominic Russo (father)
Esterina (Potente) Russo (mother)
Mildred Russo (sister)
Jennie A. Russo (sister)
Samuel A. Russo (brother)
Mary Russo (sister)
Augustino Russo (brother)
Catherine Russo (sister)
Eugene Russo (brother)
Alexander J. Russo (brother)
Caroline (Picciochi) Russo (wife)
Dominic Russo (son)

More information

Pfc Antonio S. Russo attended high school for one year and was employed at the Weatherproof Calking Company before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 17 April 1944.

He died in a field hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Troy Russo Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery