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Personal info

Full name
CAPPELLO, Alfred D
Date of birth
14 February 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36018073
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vittonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 93

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Capello (father)
Rose (Petrocelli) Cappello (mother)
Leslie Cappello (brother)

More information

Sgt Alfred D. Capello attended Bowen High School and was employed at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Mill.

He joined the Regular Army in Chicago, Illinois on 9 April 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten