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Personal info

Full name
MALIGA, Albert James
Date of birth
unknown
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33599299
Rank
Private
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
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 30

Immediate family

Members
Michael Maliga (father)

More information

Pvt Albert J. Maliga enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 8 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/194/194_honor_kz.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten