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Personal info

Full name
VOLTURO, Philip F
Date of birth
22 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33472787
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
924th Field Artillery Battalion,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
12 May 1945
Place of death
Volkach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Michael Volturo (father)
Josephine Volturo (mother)
Felecia Volturo (sister)
Carmen Volturo (sister)
Jennie Volturo (sister)
Joseph Volturo (brother)

More information

Pfc. Philip F. Voltura enlisted on 3 December 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He attended 2 years of high school and was a sales clerk before he enlisted.

He went overseas on 29 September 1944 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge and Germany before he drowned two days after the end of World War II.

Source of information: Yannick, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files / 1930 Census / World War II Army Enlistment Records, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal 12 May 1997
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman