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Personal info

Full name
VITALE, Nick V
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1998403
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Nuremberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 34 18

Immediate family

Members
Patsy Vitale (father)
Carmela Vitale (mother)
Edith Vitale (sister)
Joseph F. Vitale (brother)
Italio Vitale (sister)
Tony Vitale (brother)
Angelo M. Vitale (brother)
Anna Vitale (sister)
Helen M. Vitale (sister)
Mildred Vitale (sister)
Lula C. (Stark) Vitale (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Nick V. Vitale was a tailor when he joined the National Guard in Connellsville, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941.

He was taken prisoner on 20 December 1944 and died in Stalag XIII-D.

His brother Angelo also served in Europe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Lightcap Family Connection, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Courier 14 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Connellsville Pennsylvania, The Daily Courier - 14 May 1945