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Personal info

Full name
CASTRICIANO, John Salvatore
Date of birth
7 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31062560
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
Fremifontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 22 60

Immediate family

Members
Salvatore Castriciano (father)
Josephine Castriciano (mother)
Vincenza Castriciano (sister)
Concetta Castriciano (sister)
Anthony Castriciano (brother)
George Castriciano (brother)
Frances Castriciano (sister)
Mary Castriciano (sister)

More information

Pfc John S. Castriciano attended South Boston High School. He was employed at Leister Knitting Mills.

He enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 7 February 1942. He was sent overseas in June 1943 and was wounded in North Africa in July 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy