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Personal info

Full name
PIHA, Emil Valentine
Date of birth
19 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36690133
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rupt-sur-Moselle and Ferdrupt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 37 48

Immediate family

Members
Vaclav Piha (father)
Emma (Motzay) Piha (mother)

More information

Pvt Emil V. Piha was employed by the General Electric Co. when he enlisted on 19 May 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the abdomen.
He is remembered at a monument in Rupt-sur-Moselle.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy