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Personal info

Full name
SANTANGELO, Joseph
Date of birth
2 December 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32277156
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
Near Stieldorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 62

Immediate family

Members
Catherine Santangelo (mother)

More information

Sgt Joseph Santangelo attended high school for two years and was a plasterer.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 14 April 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – James L. Cooper, Richard Blunk, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet