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Personal info

Full name
ROTONDO, John Joseph
Date of birth
23 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32217428
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bouxwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 28

Immediate family

Members
Pasquale Rotondo (father)
Josephine Rotondo (mother)
Gerard Rotondo (brother)
Richard Rotondo (brother)
Catherine Rotondo (sister)
Florence Rotondo (sister)
Frank Rotondo (brother)
Joseph Rotondo (brother)

More information

Pfc John J. Rotondo attended high school for 1 year and was employed at Atlantic Basin and Iron Works.

He enlisted in Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 16 February 1942.

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 / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy