US PARAS Bonaventura, Tony

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bonaventura ​

• FORENAME

Tony ​

• UNIT

505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Medical Section, attached 2 Bn) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

13019656 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th October 1944 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

St Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Avella, Pennsylvania ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from West Virginia​

born 01.07.1919 Wellsburg, West Virginia, USA​

father Guy Bonaventura (1887-1971)​

mother Virginia (nee Abruzza) Bonaventura (1893-1968)​

grammar school education​

civil occupation semiskilled miners, and mining machine operators​

employed by Civilian Conservation Corps., Co. 1382, Camp S-111, Blain County, Pennsylvania​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

16.10.1940 draft card Avella, Pennsylvania​

entered service 6.5.1941 Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania (Army Medical Department)​

KIA Groesbeek, Holland ​

Note : Year of birth shows 1919 (draft card/enlistment) 1921 (Pennsylvania Compensation Files) 1925 (Headstone)​

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