Next to the steps entering into the graveyard adjacent to the St. Clément Church.

A civilian burial tomb, slightly elevated off the ground with engraved plaques on top.

PFC Joseph “Joe” Farina was from Highland Park, Illinois.  He served with B Company, 526^th Armored Infantry Battalion.  Joe’s parents were from Italy and during his tour in Belgium he befriended the Pacchiotti Family, an Italian-Belgian family, in Hamoir, Belgium.  He wrote his parents that should he be killed in combat, he would like to be buried in Belgium near his friends.

During the Battle of the Bulge, The 526^th AIB was attached to the 10^th Armored Division.  Farina was killed near Malmedy on January 5, 1945.  He was initially buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, but in 1948, per his request, he was buried at the Pacchiotti Family Plot in the St. Clément Church Cemetery in Comblain-la-Tour district of Hamoir.

The text on the gravestone is written in English and Italian and reads: 

JOSEPH G. FARINA

USA

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, COMPANY B, 526^TH

ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION, WORLD WAR II

OCTOBER 28, 1924                                      JANUARY 5, 1945

JOE ADORATO

IL COURE DELLA TUA MAMMA E

PAPA SONO SEMPRE QUI

CON TEN EL TUO ULTIMO RIPOSO

Translation:

Our loved Joe

Always in the Heart of Mom and

Dad we are always with you 

In your last rest

TO OUR MOST BELOVED

BROTHER IN EVERLASTING

MEMORY FROM YOUR

SISTER AND BROTHER IN -LAW