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Samuel J. Price

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Branch: ARMY Service Number: 32072982 Rank: Technician 5 th  Grade Unit: 37 th  Infantry Division, 117 th  Combat Engineer Battalion, Co. “C”  Samuel Joseph Price was born November 10, 1918, at 1710 Master Street in Camden, New Jersey to parents William Kirkman Price, Jr., an electrician with the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden and Anna Haug who was a homemaker. He was most likely named after his father’s brother Samuel, a long-time welder at the shipyard. Sam's birth certificate showed that his original birth name was in fact, William Price. He was the youngest of the Price children. Sam had a brother, William “Lester” who was born in 1908 and a sister Anna, born in 1912. The family was residing at 861 Vanhook Street in Camden, NJ according to the 1920 Census. Within the next few years, the Prices would move to 18 Valley Road in Mt. Ephraim, NJ. 18 Valley Road, Mt. Ephraim Sam attended public school in Mt. Ephraim. He had made the ho...
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Jerry J. Giordano

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Branch: ARMY Service Number: 32751097 Rank: Private First Class Unit: 4 th  Infantry Div, 12 th  Infantry Reg, Co. “G” Jerry was born Gennaro Joseph Giordano on November 7, 1917 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania to Italian immigrant parents, Pasquale and Rosina “Rose” (Pompa) Giordano. Jerry was the eldest child of Giordano family. His siblings were Angelo born in 1918, Frank born in 1920, Nicholas born in 1922, and Charles who was born in 1923 but died from diphtheria at 9 months old. The family lived at 1839 Morris Street by 1920 and later at 1733 Cleveland Street. Both address are located in the Point Breeze section of Philadelphia. 57 W. Kings Hwy, Mt. Ephraim According to the 1930 Census, the Giordano family had moved to 45 West Kings Highway in Mt. Ephraim, New Jersey. The address was later changed to 57 West Kings Highway, the present location of Kings Gate Realty office. While all of the children were attending school, Pasquale was employed for many...
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