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Personal info

Full name
BONITO, Paul Francis
Date of birth
25 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32601118
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
607th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Fraulautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 6 22

Immediate family

Members
Micharl Bonito Sr. (father)
Mamie R. (Samper) Bonito (mother)
Jennie Bonito (sister)
Mary R. Bontio (sister)
Anthony Bonito (brother)
Lura Bonito (sister)
Morris Bonito (brother)
James Bonito (brother)
Michael Bonito Jr. (brother)

More information

Pfc Paul F. Bonito enlisted in Newark. New Jersey on 19 December 1942.

His tank destroyer was hit by an enemy shell. His close friend Martin Jackson went to help him but was restrained by two men as the vehicle exploded.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New Jersey Birth Index / Bontio Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com - JFJN
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nathan Reynolds / JFJN