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Personal info

Full name
TARTAGLIA, Mauro Morris
Date of birth
10 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
42094878
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
East of Köln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 10 27

Immediate family

Members
Michele Tartaglia (father)
Gertrude (Salvagno) Tartaglia (mother)
Christiana Tartaglia (sister)
Irene E. Tartaglia (sister)
Antoinette V. Tartaglia (sister)
Victor Tartaglia (brother)
Carmella Tartaglia (brother)

More information

Pvt Mauro M. Tartaglia graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School and was employed by Bausch & Lomb.

He enlisted at Camp Upton, New York, on 9 June 1944. He was sent overseas in February 1945.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / 1930 Census / New York Birth Index, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet