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Personal info

Full name
VALENTINO, Joseph Anthony
Date of birth
8 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42104410
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 3 20

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Valentino (father)
Alexandra (Carfaro) Valentino (mother)
Carmella Valentino (sister)
Dominick Valentino (brother)
Philomena Valentino (sister)
Vincent J. Valentino (brother)
Eleanor H. Valentino (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph A. Valentino's parents emigrated from Italy.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 17 January 1944.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com, www.65thdiv.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten