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Personal info

Full name
AVILLA, Manuel
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31454759
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Antone J. Avilla (father)
Rose (Borges) Avilla (mother)
Joseph S. Avilla (brother)
Edward Avilla (brother)
Antone Jr. Avilla (brother)
Frank Avilla (brother)
John Avilla (brother)
Daniel Avilla (brother)
Augustine Avilla (brother)
Palmida Avilla (sister)
Mary Avilla (sister)
Rose Avilla (sister)
Hilda Avilla (wife)

More information

Pfc Manuel Avilla enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 10 March 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Nalewaik Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, www.newspapers.com - The Herald News - 17 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, www.newspapers.com - The Herald News - 17 May 1945