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Personal info

Full name
CAPUANA, Joseph Vincent
Date of birth
6 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36732958
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Petit-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 26 8

Immediate family

Members
Vincent Capuana (father)
Congettina Capuana (mother)
Virgina Capuana (sister)
Anna M. Capuana (sister)
Carole Capuana (sister)
Lila B. (Line) Capuana (wife)

More information

Pvt Joseph V. Capuana was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Deringer Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
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