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Personal info

Full name
VATTIMO, Anthony Peter
Date of birth
12 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33317852
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 35 41

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Vattimo (father)
Julia (Fromo) Vattimo (mother)
Jenie Vattimo (sister)
Michael Vattimo (brother)
Filomena Vattimo (sister)
Angelina Vattimo (sister)
Vincent P. Vattimo (brother)
Theresa D. (Bonanni) Vattino (wife)
Anita R. Vattimoo (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Anthony P. Vattimo attended high school for two years and was a tailor before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 15 June 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Stitt Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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