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Personal info

Full name
DI NATALE, Anthony Joseph "Tony"
Date of birth
25 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33872254
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
Meyerode, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 7 17

Immediate family

Members
Francesco Di Natale (father)
Ignazia G. (Mascari) Di Natale (mother)
Mary Di Natale (sister)
Carlo A. Di Natale (brother)
Lena Di Natale (sister)
Rosie Di Natale (sister)
Angeline Di Natale (sister)
Salvadore Di Natale (brother)
Joyce (Blackway) Di Natale (wife)

More information

Pfc Anthony J. Di Natale graduated from John Harris High School and employed at the Mechanicsburg Naval Supply Depot before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 5 November 1943. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

His brother Carlo was killed in action one day earlier and is buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Memeo Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph / The Harrisburg Evening News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph / The Harrisburg Evening News, They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Facebook, The CUB of the Golden Lion, Oct/Nov 1951