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Personal info

Full name
PETRUZZELLO, Arthur
Date of birth
6 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42019385
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vossenack, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 10 11

Immediate family

Members
Carmine Petruziello (father)
Angelina (Festa) Petruziello (mother)
William Petruziello (brother)
Americo Petruzziello (brother)
Mario Petruziello (brother)
Josephine Petruziello (wife)

More information

Pfc Arthur Petruzzello had seen action during the North African campaign where he was taken prisoner. He was released when the prison ship on which he was held was retaken by Allied forces.

His brother T/Sgt Mario Petruzziello was killed in January 1945. He is buried at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial of Ardennes.

His name was misspelled and is actually Petruzziello.

Both his parents were born in Italy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hudson Dispatch Newspaper 1 March 1945, at Jersey City Public Library, courtesy of John McParland and Michel Handels