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Personal info

Full name
CAMPAGNONI, Arthur Domenick
Date of birth
16 January 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Solvay, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42113079
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
The hospital of Roetgen
Roetgen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 15 18

Immediate family

Members
Domenick Campagnoni (father)
Lucy Campagnoni (mother)
Alfred Campagnoni (brother)
Ernest Campagnoni (brother)
Robert Campagnoni (brother)
Erma Campagnoni (sister)
Rose M. Campagnoni (sister)

More information

Pvt Arthur D. Campagnoni enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 1 April 1944.

He was shot on 15 December 1944 by a sniper in the Hürtgen Forest, Germany while eating breakfast. He died six days later.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten, www.myheritage.nl - The Post-Standard