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Personal info

Full name
SICURELLA, John F
Date of birth
18 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Swoyerville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33466468
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Battery,
81st Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 9 19

Immediate family

Members
Vincenzo Sicurella (father)
Florence M. Sicurella (mother)
Emanuel Sicurella (brother)
Joseph Sicurella (brother)
Carl Sicurella (brother)
Bertha Sicurella (sister)
Anthony Sicurella (brother)
Paul Sicurella (brother)

More information

Pfc John F. Sicurella attended Luzerne High School and managed a shoe department of a Binghamton store.

He enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 19 March 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Evening News of Wilkes-Barre Times leader
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Bevil Cohn