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Cervo, Joseph

Date of birth:
April 3rd, 1925 (Rome/New York, United States)
Date of death:
September 18th, 1944 (Breda, the Netherlands)
Service number:
32 859 523
Nationality:
American

Biography

Joseph Cervo was one of the military in the Dakota "Clay Pigeon" which was shot down on September 17th, 1944 by the Germans and crashed between Casteren and Hoogeloon. Joseph Cervo was seriously injured transported to a hospital in Breda where he died on September 18th, 1944. After at first having been buried in Breda, in 1948 his remains were transferred tot he American Cemetery in Margraten and later to Rome, New York.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded with three bronze campaign stars.
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

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