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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 22862" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Balza </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Raymond Maurice</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>511 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>33438897 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>14th April 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>20 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Manila American Cemetery, Philippines Plot F Row 11 Grave 6 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Washington County, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 24.4.1924 Charleroi, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Maurice (1900-1956) and Theresa M. (nee Grilli) Balza (1903-1989)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 years high school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Charleroi High School 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>civil occupation semiskilled occupations in mechanical treatment of metals (rolling, stamping, forging, pressing)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>cut-off man, cold draw department, Pittsburgh Steel Company 26.5.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single without dependents upon enlistment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30.06.1942 draft card Charleroi, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>26.02.1943 entered service Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Father. Mr., Maurice Balza, 1012 Lower Meadow Avenue, Charleroi, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Silver Star, Bronze Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>date of death given in one source as 14.2.1945 (April American Battle Monuments)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Luzon, Philippines </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-balza.11020/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/11/11020-fb63efa1357a35085ce89a85ef9ce791.jpg?1591389981" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-balza-grave.38442/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38442-3773c23aedcaf41a64c7fab663c6f928.jpg?1686332277" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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