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Personal info

Full name
ABBATIELLO, Anthony Joseph
Date of birth
10 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42087618
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Jenneville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 4 24

Immediate family

Members
Carmine Abbatiello (father)
Mary Abbatiello (mother)
Antoinette Abbatiello (sister)
Thomas Abbatiello (brother)
Angelina Abbatiello (sister)
Carmen Abbatiello (brother)

More information

Pvt Anthony J. Abbatiello attended Dickinson High School.

He enlisted in March 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

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

His father was a veteran of WWI.

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, 87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jersey Journal 23 March 1945 - courtesy of John McParland