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Personal info

Full name
BERTOLI, Ovidio J
Date of birth
19 November 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-885626
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Battalion,
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 39

Immediate family

Members
David Bertoli (father)
Beatrice (Bracchi) Bertoli (mother)
Frank Bertoli (brother)
Emily Bertoli (sister)
John Bertoli (brother)
David Bertoli (brother)

More information

Captain Ovidio J. Bertoli attended 4 years of high school, worked as a attendant at a filling station or parking lot and was single, without dependents.
He entered the service from Newark, New Jersey on 9 January 1941 as a Private with Army Serialnumber 32055950.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Max Poorthuis, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, 1920 Census, Crew Family Tree, 1927 New York Passenger List, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Monty McDaniel