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Personal info

Full name
ARCANGELI, Bruno
Date of birth
17 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Coal Port, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33610997
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Drop Zone W
.45 miles NE of Flüren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 14 1

Immediate family

Members
Esipio E.M. Arcangeli (father)
Lavinia (Lenzi) Arcangeli (mother)
Mary Arcangeli (sister)
Anna Arcangeli (sister)
Velma Arcangeli (sister)
John Arcangeli (brother)
Elva Arcangeli (sister)
Benjamin Arcangeli (brother)
Laverna A. Arcangeli (sister)

More information

Pvt Bruno Arcangeli completed 3 years of high school and was a former employee of Franconi Auto Parts before he enlisted in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 14 September 1943.

As a member of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 17th Airborne Division, Private Arcangeli was KIA when he parachuted from a C47 aircraft flown by the 438th TCG onto drop zone W in serial A-2 during Operation Varsity.

Source of information: Tom Verheijden, John T. Gerlosky, Hans Wijnands - Sunday Independent Pennsylvania 25 November 1945, www.ancestry.com - Arcangeli Family Tree / 1930 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Applications, WWII, 1950 for Bruno Arcangeli by mother Lavinia Arcangeli, 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507_honor.html

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, Hans Wijnands - Sunday Independent Pennsylvania 25 November 1945