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Personal info

Full name
APRILANTE, John Richard
Date of birth
4 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32633083
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
629th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Strass, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Carmen Aprilante (father)
Marie Aprilante (mother)
Antoinette Aprilante (sister)
Lucy Aprilante (sister)
Thomas Aprilante (brother)
Eugene Aprilante (brother)
Silvio Aprilante (brother)

More information

Cpl John R. Aprilante attended high school for four years.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 November 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Dolores Maxwell