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Personal info

Full name
VENTIMIGLIA, Joseph Peter
Date of birth
16 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36773658
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 50

Immediate family

Members
Peter Ventimiglia (father)
Dorothy Ventimiglia (mother)
Lillian C. Ventimiglia (sister)
Thomas F. Ventimiglia (brother)
John Ventimiglia (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph P. Ventimiglia was employed at the Chicago Herald American before he enlisted.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
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