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Personal info

Full name
SIMONE, Attilio Joseph "Tilo"
Date of birth
4 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mount Ephraim, Camden County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42140376
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicintiy of Waltrop, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 21 5

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Simone (father)
Jennie (Bonelli) Simone (mother)
Dominick Simone (brother)
Vincent Simone (brother)
Peter Simone (brother)
Josephine Simone (sister)
Anthony Simone (brother)
Caroline (Bartoff) Simone (wife)
Harry C. Simone (son)
Dorothy Simone (daughter)

More information

Pvt Attilio J. Simone worked at Camden Forge Company.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 12 May 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.archives.gov, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card / 1920/1930 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Newspaper article