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Personal info

Full name
FALZONE, Benedetto
Date of birth
23 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California

Military service

Service number
36354156
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Notheast of Lay-Saint-Christophe, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 67

Immediate family

Members
Salvatore Falzone (father)
Benedetta M. (Corsiglia) Falzone (mother)
Salvatore F. Falzone (brother)
Viola Falzone (sister)
Angelica Falzone (sister)

More information

Pvt Benedetto Falzone was employed at the National Trading Company before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 25 June 1942.
He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Collins Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – LN
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LN