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Personal info

Full name
VALENTI, Joseph Nicholas
Date of birth
7 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32021746
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merseburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 17 6

Immediate family

Members
Dominick Valenti (father)
Maria (Serpa) Valenti (mother)
Nicolas J. Valenti (brother)
Frances Valenti (sister)
Pasquale Valenti (brother)
Michael D. Valenti (brother)
Francesco L. Valenti (brother)
Victoria Valenti (sister)
Joan (Mano) Valenti (wife)

More information

T/4 Joseph N. Valenti enlisted in Jamaica, New York on 20 February 1941.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, WWII Draft card

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, donnyvale (nephew)