Polk County

 

Sgt. Joseph Angelo Manfredi

 

 

Joseph Angelo Manfredi was born May 6, 1913 to Henry and Matilda Manfredi. He died June 20, 1944 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA and memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.

Sgt. Manfredi served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group, Heavy and was MIA/FOD/KIA over the Baltic Sea and was awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal.

Source: ancestry.com