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Personal info

Full name
DELUCA, Albert Peter
Date of birth
30 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Wind Gap, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32593396
Rank
Private
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 58

Immediate family

Members
John Deluca (father)
Frank Deluca (brother)
Josephine Deluca (sister)

More information

Pvt Albert P. Deluca was a mechanic employed at the Joe Paul Gulf Gasoline Station.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 23 November 1942.

Pvt Deluca was seriously wounded in action in the vicinity of Lironville, France, on 2 September and was evacuated to the 80th Division Clearing Station.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thDivision.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy