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Personal info

Full name
NOBLE, Vito Charles
Date of birth
28 October 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Italy
Hometown
Albany, Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
42140428
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Wissembourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 6 4

Immediate family

Members
Louis Noble (father)
Mary Noble (mother)
Fannie Noble (sister)
Anthony Noble (brother)
Helen A. (Chonski) Noble (wife)
Louis A. Noble (son)

More information

Pfc Vito C. Noble was a machinist at the New York Central Railroad before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 12 May 1944. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York Marriage Index / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux / Don – Albany Times Union - 4 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam