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BIFOLCHINI, Marino D - Date of
birth
1915 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Grosseto, Italy -
Hometown
Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31007557 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
11 January 1945 - Place of
death
Luxembourg
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 12 | 40 |
Immediate family
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Members
Sabatino Bicocchi (adoptive father)
Elisa (Rocchi) Bifolchini (mother)
Ida Bifolchini (wife)
More information
T/Sgt Bifolchini served in the Army from March 8, 1941 until his death.He was serving with the Thrid army infantry unit in Luxembourg. He had trained at Camp Edwards and at army posts in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina before he went overseas in August, 1944. Sgt Bifolchini's father was killed in action as a member of the Italian army during World War I. His mother and step-father brought him to the United States when he was seven, and he attended Adams schools and was employed at the Bershire Fine Spinning Associates mills in Adams before entering the service.
He was initially buried at Foy Cemetery near Bastogne, Belgium.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Passenger List / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The North Adams Transcript
Photo source: Peter Schouteten