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Personal info

Full name
PALERMO, Joseph John
Date of birth
19 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Tivoli, Dutchess County, New York

Military service

Service number
32942104
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Near Achen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 42 20

Immediate family

Members
John Palermo (father)
Carmelia Palermo (mother)
Dominick Palermo (brother)
Frank Palermo (brother)
Kathryn Palermo (sister)
Marie Palermo (sister)
Anthony Palermo (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph J.J. Palermo worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 19 July 1043.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division.
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