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Personal info

Full name
NAPPA, Vito W
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32235258
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
In the Fenetrange area, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 1

Immediate family

Members
Carmine Nappa (father)
Theresa Nappa (mother)
Nicolas Nappa (brother)
Anna Nappa (sister)
Theresa Nappa (sister)
Frank Nappa (brother)
Carmine Nappa (brother)
Alfonse Nappa (brother)

More information

Pfc Vito W. Nappa enlisted at Ft Dix New Jersey on 10 February 1942.

His initial burial took place on Limey Cemetery, Toul, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census

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