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Personal info

Full name
IOVACCHINI, James Vincent P
Date of birth
15 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33814932
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
Bad Neuenahr, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 6 15

Immediate family

Members
Francesco Iovacchini (father)
Concetta (Autuore) Iovacchini (mother)
Julia Iovacchini (sister)
Leon Iovacchini (brother)
Francesco Iovacchini (sister)
Catherine Calvi (half-sister)
Elsie (Onesti) Iovacchini (wife)

More information

Pfc James V. P. Iovacchini was a flame cutter. He was also a bookkeeper for his father who was a mason in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 14 August 1944.

His parents were born in Italy.

Pfc Iovacchini died in the 102nd Evacuation Hospital at Bad Neuenahr. He was first buried at the American Temporary Military Cemetery in Ittenbach, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Jac Engels, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 / Milligan Family Tree (hijack75) / www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, 2nd Infantry Division “Indianhead” Unit History, 38th Infantry Regiment “Rock of the Marne” Unit History

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Marco Linssen