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Personal info

Full name
ZACCHI, Pete
Date of birth
May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Coxton, Harlan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Coxton, Harlan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15055900
Rank
Corporal
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
West bank of Rur River at Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 7 4

Immediate family

Members
Assuero Zacchi (father)
Sarah (Wright) Zacchi (mother)
Louis Zacchi (brother)
Assuero Zacchi (brother)
Della J. Zacchi (sister)
Mary Zacchi (sister)
John Zacchi (brother)
William Zacchi (brother)

More information

Cpl Pete Zacchi joined the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 11 September 1940.
He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 27 June 1944 and was lightly wounded in action on 13 July 1944.

He is buried next to his brother John Zacchi, who died on the same day.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Record / Zacchi Family Trees / 29th Infantry Division "Blue and Gray" Unit History

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Gail Zacchi Fischer, www.findagrave.com - Hudson Louie