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Capozzoli, Nicholas

Date of death:
December 24th, 1944
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Unit:
Battery C, 462nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Automatic Weapons Battalion.
On Christmas night, 24th December 1944, at 2030hrs a barrage landed around "C" Battery, 1st Sergeant John Koster and Staff Sergeant Nicholas Capozzoli were instantly killed when a heavy caliber shell crashed into their Camp Elsenborn mess hall.
Purple Heart

Sources

  • - History of the 462nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Wepons Battalion U.S.Army. 1 September, 1942 to 8 May 1945

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