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Personal info

Full name
VARRICCHIO, Michael A
Date of birth
6 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31362284
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
168th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Varricchio (father)
Margaret (Fiogulialo) Varricchio (mother)
Emily Varricchio (sister)
Albert M. Varricchio (brother)
Joseph A. Varricchio (brother)
Arthur Varricchio (brother)
Richard Varricchio (brother)

More information

Pvt Michael A. Varricchio attended high school for three years. He was employed at the U. S. Post Office.
He entered the service on 17 June 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten