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DAPALDO, Philip - Date of
birth
1925 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
New Jersey -
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
42102459 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
12 November 1944 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 22 | 36 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Sol Kiss (stepfather)
Louise (Esposito) Dapaldo(mother)
Susie Dapaldo (sister)
Michelina Dapaldo (sister)
Marie Kiss (half-sister)
More information
Pvt Philip Dapaldo attended high school for one year and worked in a machine shop before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 16 December 1943.He was reported lightly wounded in action on the same day of his death and evacuated to a hospital. At that moment G Company was holding positions on a hill in the vicinity of Han-sur-Nied, France.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.80thdivision.com
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