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Personal info

Full name
COSTANZO, Victor James
Date of birth
6 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
Hometown
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39457357
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
In the Lutrebois/Remifosse area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 7 3

Immediate family

Members
Giacomo “Jim” Costanzo (father)
Rosa C. (Cozza) Costanzo (mother)
Angeline C. Costanzo (sister)
Pauline Costanzo (sister)
Albert Costanzo (brother)
Robert Costanzo (brother)
Carmela Costanzo (sister)
Vitorio Costanzo (brother)
Augustine Costanzo (brother)
Mary Costanzo (sister)
Virginia Costanzo (sister)

More information

Pfc Victor J. Costanzo graduated from West Valley High School in 1941 and was employed at Great Northern RailRoad.

He enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 19 October 1942.

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

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Naturalization Records, 1840-1957, AAR 51rd Inf. Battalion August 44 thru May 1945

Photo source:
Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Lani Black