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Personal info

Full name
CAPORALI, Camillo Ronnie
Date of birth
19 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Italy
Hometown
Canton, Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35174104
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Bayreuth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 12 7

Immediate family

Members
Nicola Caporali (father)
Rose Caporali (mother)
Virginia Caporali (stepmother)
Carmelo Caporali (sister)
Paul Caporali (brother)
Florence Caporali (sister)
Rose Caporali (half-sister)
Ronald Caporali (half-brother)
Joseph Caporali (half-brother)
James Caporali (half-brother)
Teresa Nicozini (stepsister)
Stella Nicozini (stepsister)
Angelo Nicozini (stepbrother)
Elvira Nicozini (stepsister)

More information

Pfc Camillo R. Caporali graduated from McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio.

He enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 10 May 1943.

He was reported wounded in action in France on 25 August 1944 and in Germany on February 1945. For these wounds he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal twice.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, McKinley High School Yearbook, 1941, The Canton Repository - 3 May 1945