Salvatore J. Alio was born in 1925 and enlisted in Allentown, PA on 15 October 1943 into the Army.

Not much is known about him at this time. After basic training, he was attached to 413th Infantry Regiment of the 104th Infantry Division.

Salvatore was killed in action on 20 April 1945 in the attack on Bitterfeld, Germany. The history of the 104th Infantry Division states: "On the night of 19-20 April, at 01.30, Col. Cochran launched his attack against Bitterfeld with the 2nd Battalion striking it from the west, the 1st Battalion from the south-west and the third battalion from the southeast.

 413th Infantry Regiment

104th Infantry Division

 It had been determined by patrol action that Bitterfeld would be heavily defended by its 1,500 troops. To insure the complete destruction of the enemy forces within the city, Col. Cochran had directed a bold maneuver. Heavy fighting took place on the western and southern approaches to the city. The resistance was characterized by the unusually large number of pauzerfausts employed. Once in the city the troops met continued heavy small-arms, machine gun, pamzerfaust and moderate artillery fire from the 1,500 defenders. During the 36 hour battle that ended at 15.36 on 21 april,  several counterattacks had been repulsed and more than 900 prisoners were taken."

The exact circumstances of the death of Pvt Alio are unknown.

After the war Pvt Alio was re-interred at Margraten Military Cemetery, Plot C Row 20 Grave 7.

 

Margraten, The Netherlands

See also:

Other casualties of the 104th Infantry Division in The Netherlands

Sources:
Hoegh, Leo A and Howard J. Doyle, Timberwolf Tracks - The History of the 104th Infantry Division 1942-1945, Infantry Journal Press, Washington

Posted 23 November 2008

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