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Personal info

Full name
POLUMBO, Richard Joseph "Dickie"
Date of birth
9 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Reed, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36587860
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 16 28

Immediate family

Members
Alphonso Polumbo (father)
Maria (Yugaglia) Polumbo (mother)
Annie Polumbo (sister)
Grace Polumbo (sister)
Nofio Polumbo (brother)
John J. Polumbo (brother)
Frances Polumbo (sister)
Frank J. Polumbo (brother)
Charles Polumbo (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard J. Polumbo was employed at the B G R Associated Springs before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gantt Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Stasiu
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