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Personal info

Full name
MANINI, Henry C "Hank"
Date of birth
16 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Loretto, Dickinson County, Michigan
Hometown
Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35398351
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Battery,
453rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 November 1944
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 3 58

Immediate family

Members
Constantine Manini (father)
Guisepina M. (Pancheri) Manini (mother)
Dario Manini (brother)
Louise Manini Lint (sister)
Joseph Manini (brother)

More information

Pvt Manini was a graduate of Uhrichsville High School, class of 1938. Inducted into the army on October 3, 1942, he received training in camps in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and North Carolina and was sent overseas in February where he was stationed with an anti-aircraft division.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Leo Minne, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Times

Photo source: http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/ - Thijs Hodiamont / Tina M. Acosta, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com