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AGOSTINELLI, Kitan A "Kite" - Date of
birth
13 March 1923 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Oxford County, Maine -
Hometown
Rumford, Oxford County, Maine
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-1062957 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Platoon Commander -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 April 1945 - Place of
death
Negenborn, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| M | 11 | 15 |
Immediate family
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Members
Antonio Agostinelli (father)
Julia Agostinelli (mother)
Laura Agostinelli (sister)
Violet Agostinelli (sister)
Amelia Agostinelli (sister)
Alexander Agostinelli (brother)
Donald C. Agostinelli (brother)
More information
2nd Lt Gaetano aka Kitan A. Agostinelli graduated from Stephens High School in Rumford and Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield and enterred the University of Maine. He withdrew from the univeristy to volunteer for the Army of the United States on 4 March 1943. He received his basic training at Fort Eustis, Viriginia where he was promoted to corporal. Graduated from Officers Candidate School in Camp Davis, North Carolina in January 1944, he reported for duty at Camp Stewart, Georgia. From there he was transferred to the infantry in February 1944 and underwent an intensive eight-week course in infantry tactics at Fort Benning, Georgia. At completion, he was assigned to Camp Blanding, Florida in April 1944. From there he was transferred to Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland in October 1944 to take a month's course in chemical warefare which qualified him to be Regimental Gas Officer. He returned to Camp Balnding as an instructor until ordered overseas in January 1945.Both his parents were born in Italy.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Janice Monk, www.83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Inscription and Interment Record / 1940 Census‏
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Stephens High School Yearbook 1941 / Maine Central Institute Yearbook 1942