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Personal info

Full name
SILVA, Jule Augusta
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31469498
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Weilerbach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 48

Immediate family

Members
Manuel W. Silva (father)
Margaret A. (Johnson) Silva (mother)
Mary E. Silva (sister)
Ruthella E. Silva (sister)
Muriel L. Silva (sister)
Richard S. Silva (brother)
Marvin G. Silva (brother)
Ruth C. (Larkin) Silva (wife)
Peter Silva (son)

More information

Pvt Jule A. Silva enlisted at Ft. Devens, Massachusetts on 8 June 1944.
He attended 2 years of high school and was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

On 8 and 9 February the 10th Infantry Regiment made an attack on the Siegfried Line, crossing the Sauer River near Weilerbach under fire of enemy machine-guns and artillery. A lot of the rubber and wooden boats were destroyed during the river crossing.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Silva Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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