Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
AMATO, Anthony
Date of birth
12 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Italy
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32689261
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Speicher, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 13

Immediate family

Members
John Amato (father)

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 4 April 1945, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten