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PFC Randolph Roland Greco

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PFC Randolph Roland Greco Veteran

Birth
Phelps, Ontario County, New York, USA
Death
24 Mar 1945 (aged 25)
Flüren, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
Plot E Row 19 Grave 15
Memorial ID
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Private First Class, 680th Field Artillery Battalion, 17th Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Entered the service from New York. Awarded the Purple Heart.

His obituary, published in his local paper:

Private Randolph Greco 27, of the 17th Airborne Division, was killed in Germany on Saturday 24th of march. His wife Mrs. Rose Cannuli Greco, received a War Department telegram Wednesday.

She resides with her parents at 71 State Street, Geneva. Mrs. Greco's brother, Thomas Cannuli, died in action on July 30th two years ago.

Private Greco entered the service in april 14th 1943 and went overseas last September. He had graduated from St. Francis de Sales Grammar School and attended Geneva High School and was employed by the Seneca Foundry before he went into the Armed Forces.

Private Greco is survived by his wife: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Greco: five brothers, Private Albert Greco in the Philippines, Joseph, Orlando, Frank and Antonia: a sister, Mrs. Mary Valerio, all of Geneva.
Private First Class, 680th Field Artillery Battalion, 17th Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Entered the service from New York. Awarded the Purple Heart.

His obituary, published in his local paper:

Private Randolph Greco 27, of the 17th Airborne Division, was killed in Germany on Saturday 24th of march. His wife Mrs. Rose Cannuli Greco, received a War Department telegram Wednesday.

She resides with her parents at 71 State Street, Geneva. Mrs. Greco's brother, Thomas Cannuli, died in action on July 30th two years ago.

Private Greco entered the service in april 14th 1943 and went overseas last September. He had graduated from St. Francis de Sales Grammar School and attended Geneva High School and was employed by the Seneca Foundry before he went into the Armed Forces.

Private Greco is survived by his wife: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Greco: five brothers, Private Albert Greco in the Philippines, Joseph, Orlando, Frank and Antonia: a sister, Mrs. Mary Valerio, all of Geneva.


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  • Maintained by: Coleman ✿
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55882501/randolph_roland-greco: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Randolph Roland Greco (6 Sep 1919–24 Mar 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55882501, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by Coleman ✿ (contributor 47076912).