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Personal info

Full name
COLETTI, John Francis
Date of birth
31 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32099299
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 3 23

Immediate family

Members
Frank Coletti (father)
Ermina Coletti (mother)
David Coletti (brother)

More information

Cpl John F. Coletti enlisted in Fort Jay Governors Island, New York on 26 July 1941.
He attended high school for 3 years and was a truck driver before he enlisted.
Cpl Coletti was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card


Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery