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Personal info

Full name
CAIRO, Raymond Alvin
Date of birth
1 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36163293
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
67th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Loverich-Puffendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William Cairo (father)
Sophie (Pocharski) Cairo (mother)
Walter Cairo (brother)
Henry Cairo (brother)
La Verne Cairo (sister)
Eleanor Cairo (brother)
Gaille Cairo (brother)

More information

Cpl Raymond A. Cairo attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 5 December 1941. He worked in a machine shop.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCB, History 67th Armored Regiment, www.ancestry.com - Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index 

Photo source: Peter Schouteten