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Personal info

Full name
CACCESE, John Joseph
Date of birth
30 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33476165
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
Opheusden, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 2 1

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Caccese (father)
Helen Caccese (mother)
William Caccese (brother)
Anthony Caccese (brother)
Rita F. Caccese (sister)
Francis Caccese (brother)

More information

Pvt John J. Caccese attended college and was a carpenter apprentice before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 21 December 1942.

He was first buried at the temporary American War Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application WWII / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ww2-airborne.us