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Personal info

Full name
COLETTA, Joseph Anthony
Date of birth
1 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33924161
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
27 September 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 37 30

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Coletta (father)
Rose M. (Mazza) Coletta (mother)

More information

Pfc Joseph A. Coletta enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 15 August 1944.

He attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gray Family Tree / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M., "The Alderice" yearbook 1944, page 56, Alderice High School - courtesy of Kathy McDermott