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COCCITTI, Cosmo Paul - Date of
birth
15 January 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Hulberton, Orleans County, New York -
Hometown
Holley, Orleans County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32472524 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
10 November 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Roosteren-Nieuwstadt, the Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Cristanziano Coccitti (father)
Angelina M. (Colucci) Coccitti (mother)
Thomas Coccitti (brother)
Joseph A. Coccitti (brother)
More information
T/5 Cosmo Coccitti attended Holley High School in Holley, New York and was a clerk with the Carborundum Works in Niagara Falls.He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 26 September 1942.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com , www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 census, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle