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Personal info

Full name
MARCO, Vito
Date of birth
26 September 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Utica, Oneida County, New York
Hometown
Oneida County, New York

Military service

Service number
32677127
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
817th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kleinheu-Vossenack-Bergstein, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 17 13

Immediate family

Members
Santo Marco (father)
Catherine (Angiulle) Marco (mother)
Adelle Marco (brother)
Cosmina Marco (sister)
Carmello Marco (brother)
Ellen Matarress (wife)

More information

Pvt Vito Marco enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 19 December 1942.
He was killed by a mine.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 817th TDB, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942, 1910 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet