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Casualty Info
Home Town Pittsburgh, PA
Last Address 7338 Florence St Swissvale, PA
Casualty Date Feb 21, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Torpedoed
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines
World War II/European-African-Middle Eastern Theater/Algeria-French Morocco Campaign (1942)
From Month/Year
November / 1942
To Month/Year
November / 1942
Description (Algeria-French Morocco Campaign 8-11 November 1942) Three days after their victory at El Alamein the Allies opened a new front with an assault on Algeria and French Morocco. Twelfth Air Force, with some units based on Gibraltar, some aboard the invasion fleet, and some bearing paratroops from England, entered combat at this time. The campaign was brkf, for the French in Algeria and French Morocco offered little resistance to the invaders.)