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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Purple Heart
- 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
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- B Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- B Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- B Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- B Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- B Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Sources
- Photo 1: Findagrave.com by Tony Castagno
- - BEEVOR, ANTHONY, De slag om Arnhem, ambo|anthos, Amsterdam, 2018.
- LUNTEREN, F. VAN, The Battle of the Bridges, Casemate, 2017.
- NORDYKE, P., All American All the Way, Zenith Press, St. Paul, United States, 2005.
- STEENBERGER, D. e.a., De Oversteek, De Gelderlander, Nijmegen, 2013.
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31589
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103723008/emilio_joseph-papale
- https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/persoon/papale/3775892c-de5e-4ef2-bd83-300cfaef2eea
- https://www.ancestry.com
- https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/444363/
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