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Personal info

Full name
VOLPE, Anthony Salvatore
Date of birth
19 April 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33157976
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Bazoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 47

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Volpe (father)
Rosalie Volpe (mother)
Grace Volpe (sister)

More information

Cpl Anthony S. Volpe attended high school for four years and was a post office clerk before he enlisted at Camp Lee, Virginia on 31 March 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.super6th.org
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