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Personal info

Full name
DIGERONIMO, Michael A
Date of birth
5 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31030507
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 September 1944
Place of death
Noyon, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 39 36

Immediate family

Members
Michael Digeronimo (father)
Pasqualina (Lanzolloti) Digeronimo (mother)
Jeanette T. Digeronimo (sister)
Rocco J. Digeronimo (brother)
Lena A. Digeronimo (sister)
Jerry Digeronimo (brother)

More information

Pfc Michael A. Digeronimo attended Natick High School and worked at the Harwood Ball Factory.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 15 March 1941.

His parents immigrated from Italy in 1910.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / family tree / Naturalization Records, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe, 15 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy