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Personal info

Full name
DATTILO, Frank Joseph Jr
Date of birth
6 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33457068
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 14 44

Immediate family

Members
Frank Dattilo (father)
Grace M. Dattilo (mother)
Mary Dattilo (sister)
Anthony Dattilo (brother)
Patsey Dattilo (sister)

More information

Pfc. Frank J. Dattilo Jr. went to Old Forge High School where he played football, attended 1 year of college and he was a metal products fabricator before he enlisted on 3 December 1942 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

He went overseas on 29 September 1944 and was taken a Prisoner of War on 18 December 1944 in the vicinity of Krinkelt, Belgium.

Source of information: Yannick, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S., Headstone and Interment Record / World War II Army Enlistment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1940 Census / World War II Prisoner of War, www.newspapers.com – Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News 11 Jan 1945 / 30 March 1945.
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laurette D