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Personal info

Full name
ELIA, Samuel P
Date of birth
21 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36613442
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 8 2

Immediate family

Members
Giovanni Elia (father)
Rosina F. (Cesario) Elia (mother)
Michael R. Elia (brother)
Joseph J. Elia (brother)
Susie Elia (sister)
Antoinette Elia (sister)
Fred E. Elia (brother)
Rocco Elia (brother)
Estelle M. Elia (sister)
Frank L. Elia (brother)
Louis Elia (brother)
Norman J. Elia (brother)

More information

Pfc Samuel P. Elia was employed at the Wittek Manufacturing Company.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Vecchio Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten