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Personal info

Full name
SALVATORE, John Frank
Date of birth
4 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31330193
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Near Koblenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 57

Immediate family

Members
Raymond A. Salvatore (father)
Concetta (Guarino) Salvatore (mother)
Lucille Salvatore (sister)
Mary G. Salvatore (sister)
Louise Salvatore (sister)
Peter Salvatore (brother)
Viola Salvatore (sister)
Joseph Salvatore (brother)

More information

Pfc John F. Salvatore was employed at the Marone's Grocery Store before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 19 March 1943.

He died from the effects of a gunshot in the chest and stomach.

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.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Newton Turp