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Personal info

Full name
SPINOSI, David Ralph
Date of birth
7 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Franklin, Gloucester County, New Jersey
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
32489104
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Geilenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 7 50

Immediate family

Members
Amedeo Spinosi (father)
Nadina Spinosi (mother)
Jonathan Spinosi (brother)
Rebecca Spinosi (sister)
John Spinosi (brother)
Timothy Spinosi (brother)
Grace Spinosi (sister)
Lydia Spinosi (sister)

More information

Pvt David Spinosi graduated from Vineland High School in 1942 where he worked for the school newspaper and was president of the art club.

He was a salesman before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 30 January 1943 and was sent overseas on 18 August 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Journal 

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Journal, www.ancestry.com - Vineland High School Yearbook 1942