Name: Michael D Palaia
First Name(s): Michael D
Last Name: Palaia
Place of birth: Pennsylvania,
Rank: Pfc
ASN: 33802017
Company: I
Unit: 423rd IR 3rdBn 106th ID
Reported as: POW ► DNB
Date of incident: 21-12-1944
Place of incident: Sankt Vith area
note: On December 21, 1944, Pfc Michael D Palaia was taken POW and imprisoned in Stalag IV-B Mühlberg, Landkreis Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg, Germany.
He was executed by a German firing squad for picking up a jar of food during a work detail in Dresden.
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