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Personal info

Full name
MILES, Vincent P "Vinnie"
Date of birth
3 March 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Marion Heights, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42143507
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 5 14

Immediate family

Members
Walter J. Miles (father)
Mary (Deska) Miles (mother)
Henry Miles (brother)
Mary Miles (sister)

More information

Pvt Miles enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 5 June 1944.

His real name was actually Vincent Milewski.

Source of information: Tom Verheijden, Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Nick Milewski & Family