Louis V Metallo (31212792)
| Name | Metallo, Louis V |
| Rank | Technician Fifth Grade |
| Army Serial # | 31212792 |
| State | Massachusetts |
| Date of death | 1945-01-04 |
| Plot, Row, Grave | F, 16, 25 |
| Cemetery | Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium , Google Maps |
| Unit | A Company, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division |
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| Technician Fifth Grade Metallo was a member of A Company. The morning report for July 15, 1944 on page 28 lists him transferred to the 96th Evacuation Hospital as he was seriously sick as of July 14, 1944 while holding the rank of Sergeant. The morning report for August 14, 1944 on page 28 lists him returning to duty. The pages can be seen below. Since have no later documents we assume that Technician Fifth Grade Metallo died while serving in the A Company. Erwin Derhaag pointed me to two newspaper articles from The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield Massachusetts from February 7 and 9, 1945. From these article partially qouted: Two Berkshire County soldiers, Pfc John Richard Amber, 23 of Pittsfield and Sgt. Louis Victor Metallo, 24 of Housatonic have been killed in action according to War Department messages received by their parents. [...] Sgt. Metallo, 24, died in Belgium Jan 4 according to a message from the War Department to his father Charles Metallo of Risingdale yesterday afternoon. The last letter from the sergeant was received on Jan 24. It was written in Belgium Jan 1. While there was nothing in the letter to indicate Sgt. Metallo had been wounded it is figured that he was and that he died from the injuries. He was wounded last September and hospitalized for several weeks after when he returned to his division. Sgt. Metallo was born in Pittsfield and moved to Housantonic about eight years ago. He graduated from Searles High School entering the service two years ago. He trained at Camp Atterbury Indiana and went overseas in the same regiment as Master Sgt. Philip Wiggenhauser of Piettsfield and Great Barrington and Staff Sgt. James Tripodes of Great Barrington. The latter had been back in this country and hospitalized for several months due to Wounds. The article can be seen below. |
| Morning reports | |||||
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| 1944-07-15 | SGT | Non battle casualty and transferred to 96th Evacuation Hospital on July 14, 1944 | A / 331 | view page | |
| 1944-08-14 | SGT | Assigned and joined from 96th Evacuation Hospital as of August 12, 1944 | 653 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1944-09-20 | SGT | Assigned and joined from A Company, 331st Infantry Regiment as of September 20, 1944 | HQCO / 331 | view page | |
| 1944-09-20 | SGT | Attached to Regimental HQ Company, 331st Infantry Regiment as of September 20, 1944 | 653 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1944-09-21 | SGT | Transferred to Regimental HQ Company, 331st Infantry Regiment as of September 20, 1944 | 653 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1944-12-03 | SGT | Rank reduced to Private as of December 3, 1944 | 653 | HQCO / 331 | view page |
| 1944-12-03 | PVT | Transferred to A Company, 331st Infantry Regiment as of December 3, 1944 | 653 | HQCO / 331 | view page |
| 1944-12-03 | PVT | Assigned and joined from Regimental HQ Company, 331st Infantry Regiment as of December 3, 1944 | 745 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1945-01-01 | PVT | Promoted to Private First Class as of January 1, 1945 | 745 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1945-01-05 | PFC | Promoted to Technician Fifth Grade, duty changed to Mail Clerk (056) as of January 2, 1945 | A / 331 | view page | |
| 1945-01-05 | TEC5 | Non battle casualty and transferred to 13th Field Hospital on January 4, 1945 | 056 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1945-01-19 | TEC5 | Deceased as of January 4, 1945 | 056 | A / 331 | view page |
| General Orders | |||||
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| GO # | Rank | Award | Page | ||
| 331 / 1944 / #2 | SGT |
Good Conduct Ribbon awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity. |
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| 331 / 1944 / #9 | SGT |
Combat Infantry Badge awarded for exemplary conduct in action against the enemy in France. |
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