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Personal info

Full name
MIARA, Raymond Joseph
Date of birth
7 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42185082
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 38 10

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Miara (father)
Susan Miara (mother)
Joseph Miara (brother)
Leo Miara (brother)
Irene Miara (sister)
Alfred Miara (brother)

More information

Pfc Raymond J. Miara worked in the Titanium Pigment Corporation plant in Sayreville.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 27 July 1944. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

Pfc Miara was reported wounded in action on 10 March 1945 and died of his wounds on 7 April 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Central New Jersey Home News, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Central New Jersey Home News