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Personal info

Full name
COLANGELO, Anthony Lawrence
Date of birth
22 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42100680
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Ollmuth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 41

Immediate family

Members
Angelo Colangelo (father)
Sophie Colangelo (mother)
Vincent J. Colangelo (brother)
Mary Colangelo (sister)
Nicholena Colangelo (sister)
Jeanette Colangelo (sister)

More information

Sgt Anthony L. Colangelo graduated from Long Branch High School and was employed at Fort Monmouth Signal Corps Laboratories.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 23 November 1943 and sent overseas in August, 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Vincent J. Colangelo, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, WWII Draft Card


Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Daily Record - 17 July 1945