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Personal info

Full name
ANTONACCI, Alfred Joseph
Date of birth
5 September 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12164391
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 October 1943
Place of death
Gerolstein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Alfred Antonacci (father)
Angela Antonacci (mother)
Louis M. Antonacci (brother)
Anne Antonacci (sister)
Elizabeth Antonacci (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30646
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Rebecca
Destination: Frankfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 745

More information

S/Sgt Alfred J. Antonacci attended Lincoln High School and was employed at the Jersey Journal before he volunteered in Hudson, New Jersey on 22 October 1942.

The plane was shot down by Oblt Rufolf Englender in a Fw 190A-6 and crashed near Niedergrundau, Germany.

S/Sgt Antonacci bailed out and was wounded. He suffered bad phosphorus burns and had his arm was amputated in the hospital of Gerolstein.

He died of jaundice caused by phosphorus poisoning and was buried in the town cemetery. His remains could no longer be found after the war.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – War Graves, www.uswarmemorials.org, www.newspapers.com – The Jersey Journal - 31 March 1943

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com – The Jersey Journal - 31 March 1943