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Personal info

Full name
DE FILIO, Stephen Rocco
Date of birth
5 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31455907
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 46 15

Immediate family

Members
Andrew De Filio (father)
Mary De Filio (mother)
Luke De Filio (brother)
Louis De Filio (brother)
Mary De Filio (sister)
Anna De Filio (sister)
Salvatore De Filio (brother)
Nancy De Filio (sister)
Constance De Filio (sister)
Angeline (Coriello) De Filio (wife)
Andrew De Filio (son)
Mary De Filio (daughter)

More information

Pvt Stephen R. De Filio attended high school for one year and was a skilled painter before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 16 March 1944.

He was killed by small arms fiire.

Source of information: Pater Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / Jeremy Dennis Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy