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Personal info

Full name
URSO, Jack
Date of birth
16 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31440362
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Merseburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 2 8

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Urso (father)
Mary (Defilippo) Urso (mother)
Frank Urso (brother)
Sebastian Urso (brother)
Antonio J. Urso (brother)
Thomas Urso (brother)
Antoinette Urso (wife)
Jacqueline Urso (daughter)

More information

Jack Urso was employed by the Royal Typewriter Company.

He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 27 October 1943 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, http://aad.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, 2nd Infantry Division Unit History, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - Hartford Courant

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jaqueline DeMartino