Name and Rank, Staff Sergeant Elmo M. Zunino.
Unit/Placed in, 291st Regiment (G-Comp), 75th Infantry Division ”Buglebusters”.
Elmo was born on Sep. 21, 1915 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.
Father, Bartolomeo Zunino.
Mother, Catherina Maria (Pizzorno) Zunino.
Brother(s), Micheal Dominico, Louis, Ernest Anthony and Henry Zunino.
Spouse, Mary Zunino.
Elmo enlisted the service at salt Lake City, Utah on March 24, 1943, with serial number,# 39911910.
Elmo was a Staff Sergeant (G-Comp) in the 291st Infantry.
Elmo was KIA at Grand Halleux, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on Jan. 15, 1945, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Elmo was first buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium.
He was reburied in 1949 at Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
Thanks to 75th http://75thdivisiondad.com/
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Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
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