Paul lost his life when the 351st Regiment was involved in ferocious fighting on May 12, in Santa Maria Infante, near Minturno, on the west coast of Italy, between Naples and Rome. Paul is buried in Grave 61, Plot H of Row 7, located in the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, in Nettuno, Italy, which is located about 37 miles south of Rome.
The World War II Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial site in Italy covers 77 acres, rising in a gentle slope from a broad pool with an island and cenotaph flanked by groups of Italian cypress trees.
Beyond the pool is the immense field of headstones of 7,861 of American military war dead, arranged in gentle arces on broad green lawns beneath rows of Roman pines.
The majority of these men died in the liberation of Sicily (July 10 to August 17, 1943); in the landings in the Salerno Area (September 9, 1943) and the heavy fighting northward; in the landings at Anzio Beach and expansion of the beachhead (January 22, 1944 to May 1944); and in air and naval support in the regions.
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