Agostinelli, Kitan Anthony

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Kitan Anthony Agostinelli.

Unit/Placed, 330^th Infantry Regiment (2^nd Btn, E-Comp), 83^rd Infantry Division “Thunderbolt“.

Kitan was born on, 1923 in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine.

Father, Antoni Agostinelli.

Mother, Julia Agostinelli.

Sisters, Amelia, Violet and Laura Agostinelli.

Brothers, Alexander and Donald C. Agostinelli.

Kitan enlisted the Army in Ft. Devens, Massachusetts on March 4, 1943 with service number # 11079289.

Kitan ‘s rank/duty was a Second Lieutenant/Second Battalion/Unit Commander E-Comp.in the 330^th Infantry Regiment.

Kitan was KIA outside the town of Negenborn, Germany in combat with German Soldiers on April 8, 1945, Kitan A. Agostinelli is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Kitan is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten,
Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

Thanks to https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org