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Personal info

Full name
DAINOTTO, James Vincenzo "Prospero"
Date of birth
12 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-1297167
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 8 18

Immediate family

Members
Vincenzo Dainotto (father)
Maria R. (Santangelo) Dainotto (mother)
Anna R. (Tanzilli) Dainotto (wife)
Rosemary Dainotto (daughter)

More information

1st Lt James V. Dainotto enlisted in Jamaica, New York on 21 February 1941.

He was reported wounded in action in Dietz, Germany and probably died during transfer between POW camp Stalag 12A and 9B.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, American World War II Orphans Network (AWON), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mirjam Blezer-Leenders