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Louis G. Di Prizito

Private First Class, U.S. Army

42082513

Company K
398th Infantry Regiment
100th Infantry Division

Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: January 2, 1945
Buried at: Calvary Cemetery
                  State Highway 70 & Hampton Road
                  Cherry Hill NJ 08002
Awards: Purple Heart


PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LOUIS DI PRIZITO, 19, of Clements Bridge Road in Barrington NJ, was initially reported as missing in action on December 30, 1944, in France. This was later changed to killed in action, as word came back that he had made the Supreme Sacrifice on January2, 1945 at Reyersviller, France.  He was the son of Charles J. and Mary Di Prizito, who operated Charlie & Mary's Food Market at 107 Clements Bridge Road in Barrington

Louis Di Prizito was a graduate of Haddon Heights (NJ) High School, and had began studies at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia PA prior to entering the Army in February of 1944 and had been in France only two weeks when he was reported missing. 

Louis Di Prizito was brought home in the spring of 1949. On June 13th of that year he was buried at Calvary Cemetery in what was then Delaware Township (present day Cherry Hill) NJ, where he rests next to his parents.


THESE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE IN FREEDOM
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
JACQUES H. ALLEN 1LT USMC 1922 2/9/1945
LOUIS G. DI PRIZITO PFC ARMY

Company K
398th Infantry Regiment

100th Infantry Division

1925 1/20/1945
PAUL V. HEARNE PFC USMC Company F
21st Marine Regiment
3rd Marine Division
1922 1944
OSCAR C. KLINE FO AAF 1920 3/24/1943
GEORGE C. SCHEINA SSGT AAF 2/17/1945

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