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Personal info

Full name
SACCO, Frank
Date of birth
15 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Homer City, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Homer City, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33768564
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
5th Infantry Regiment,
71st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hagenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 13 16

Immediate family

Members
Nick Sacco (father)
Mary Sacco (mother)
Rose Sacco (sister)
Tony Sacco (brother)
Nick Sacco (brother)
Fred Sacco (brother)
Lucy Sacco (sister)
Jean Sacco (sister)
Lucinda Sacco (sister)

More information

Pvt Frank Sacco attended 4 years of high school before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 24 May 1944.

According to the WWII Hospital Admission Card File, Pvt Sacco was killed by artillery fragments.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and interment record / WWII Registration Card / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Hospital Admission Card File, www.newspapers.com – The Indiana Gazette, 17 May 1945

Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Indiana Gazette, 17 May 1945