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Personal info

Full name
PETROTTA, Joseph P
Date of birth
26 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32543273
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schierke-Braunlage, Harz Mountains, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 26

Immediate family

Members
Cosimo Petrotta (father)
Pauline (Calagna) Petrotta (mother)
Josephine Petrotta (sister)
George Petrotta (brother)
Louisina Petrotta (sister)
Domenica Petrotta (sister)
John Petrotta (brother)
Vito Petrotta (brother)
Anthony Petrotta (brother)
Jean Petrotta (sister)
Cosimo Petrotta (brother)

More information

Sgt Joseph Petrotta enlisted 1942 in New York City, New York on 27 October 1942.

His parents were immigrants from Italy.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Army Enlistment Record / 1940 Census / Family Trees, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: Netherlands American Cemetery