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Personal info

Full name
SAITTA, Antonio Joseph
Date of birth
9 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42117441
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
Haguenau Forest, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 38 22

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Saitta (father)
Catherine Saitta (mother)
Frank Saitta (brother)
Tomas Saitta (brother)
Tina Saitta (sister)
Mikeal Saitta (brother)
Joseph Saitta (brother)

More information

Pfc Antonio J. Saitta attended high school for 1 year and was a skilled miner and mining-machine operator before he enlisted in Fort Dix, New Jersey on 22 April 1944.

He died from artillery shell fragments in his chest and head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – WWII History Fan

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura S