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Personal info

Full name
GRECO, Randolph R
Date of birth
6 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Phelps, Ontario County, New York
Hometown
Geneva, Ontario County, New York

Military service

Service number
32844753
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division,
B Battery
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Flüren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 19 15

Immediate family

Members
John Greco (father)
Albert Greco (brother)
Joseph Greco (brother)
Frank Greco (brother)
Antonio Greco (brother)
Mary Greco (sister)
Rose (Canulli) Greco (wife)

More information

PFC Randolph R. Greco attended Geneva High School and was employed by the Seneca Foundry before he enlisted on 14 April 1943.

Source of information: Ralph Peeters, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, New York Records of the State National Guard, 1906-1954, 17th Airborne in the bulge

Photo source: Ralph Peeters