US PARAS Celli, Anthony Samuel

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Celli ​

• FORENAME

Anthony Samuel ​

• UNIT

517 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

12160585 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th October 1944 ​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France Plot C Row 1 Grave 25 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Monmouth County, New Jersey​

born 25.12.1922, Red Bank, New Jersey, USA​

father Samuel Celli​

mother Agnes Celli​

grammar school education​

attended Tinton Falls & Red Bank High School​

civil occupation semiskilled occupations in laundering, cleaning, dyeing & pressing apparel and other articles​

employed as a presser, Savage Clothing Factory, West Front Street, Red Bank, New Jersey​

30.06.1942 draft card Red Park, Monmouth, New Jersey (draft card shows D.O.B. as 25.12.1923)​

single with dependents upon enlistment​

01.12.1942 entered service Fort Monmouth Red Bank, New Jersey​

basic training at Camp Mackall, North Carolina​

Next of kin - Mother. Agnes Celli, 212 McCarter Street, Fair Haven, New Jersey​

KIA South France ​

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