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Personal info

Full name
VILLANI, Frederick F
Date of birth
18 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32055361
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgenforest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 18 38

Immediate family

Members
Prisco Villani (father)
Josephine Villani (mother)
Anthony Villani (brother)
Pasquale Villani (brother)
Patsy Villani (sister)
Lucille Villani (sister)
Dominick Villani (brother)
Anna Villani (sister)
Carmella Villani (sister)
Mary Villani (sister)

More information

Frederick Villani was laying communications wire in the Hürtgen Forest when he was struck in the back and killed instantly by shrapnel from a German artillery shell.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten