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Personal info

Full name
COTOS, Anthony G
Date of birth
19 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hometown
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32922325
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 4 23

Immediate family

Members
Francisco Cotos (father)
Josephine D. (Carreras) Cotos (mother)
Frank Cotos Jr. (brother)
Josephine D. Cotos (sister)

More information

Anthony Cotos enlisted on 17 May 1943 at Newark, New Jersey.

He was killed by small arms fire in the head.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 1 December 1944. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 28 July 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record, IDPF

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - Public Member Photos