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Papale, Emilio Joseph

Date of birth:
January 20th, 1924 (East Haven/New Haven County, Connecticut, the United States of America)
Date of death:
September 22nd, 1944 (Lent, Gelderland province, the Netherlands)
Service number:
31278934
Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
B Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Awarded for:
Operation Market Garden

Posthumously awarded
Purple Heart

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