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Personal info

Full name
VENTURI, John
Date of birth
1 January 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Cicero, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Argo, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36957505
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st 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
C 18 23

Immediate family

Members
Angelo Venturi (father)
Teresa (Bicicchi) Venturi (mother)
Narcissus M. Venturi (sister)
Arthur Venturi (brother)
Anthony Venturi (brother)

More information

Pvt John Venturi worked at the Corn Products Refining Company before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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