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Personal info

Full name
IANZITI, Joseph A
Date of birth
4 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42188386
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
Crailsheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 6 30

Immediate family

Members
George Ianziti (father)
Madeline Ianziti (mother)
Charles Ianziti (brother)
Anna Ianziti (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph A. Ianziti was a shipping and receiving clerk at the Weehawken Piece Dye Works before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 6 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
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