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Personal info

Full name
PANDOLFINI, Elmo "Al Fine"
Date of birth
12 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
North City, Franklin County, Illinois
Hometown
Elmsford, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
32972850
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 36 7

Immediate family

Members
Giuseppe L. Pandolfini (father)
Maria (Frasca) Pandolfini (mother)
Michel B. Pandolfini (brother)
Pensiero Pandolfini (brother)
Amo Pandolfini (brother)
Olga Pandolfini (sister)
Josephine J. (Scalamandre) Pandolfini (wife)
Elmo Pandolfini (son)

More information

Pfc Elmo Pandofini was a professional wrestler in New York. His stage name was Al Fine.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 21 June 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Preble Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Betty Preble / Marco Marrero