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Personal info

Full name
SIANI, Thomas S
Date of birth
17 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13175972
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 18

Immediate family

Members
Severino Siani (father)
Adele Siani (mother)
Salvatore Siani (brother)
Anthony A. Siani (brother)
Anna M. Siani (wife)

More information

Pfc Thomas S. Siani attended Villanova University for two years.

He joined the Army in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 1 March 1943. While in England he was a member of the Military Police and later transferred to the Infantry.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, 1930 US Census, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, Villanova University Magazine, 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery