Pfc. Campagnoni was in the 3rd squad of the 1st platoon in K Company, 311th Infantry, 78rh Division. He was shot by a sniper in the Hurtgen Forest, Germany while eating breakfast on Dec 15, 1944 and died of wounds on the 21st at an Army hospital in Roetgen, Germany.
S/o Domenick & Lucy Campagnoni
Obituary Syracuse Herald-Journal, January 3, 1945:
Pvt. Arthur D. Campagnoni, 18, serving with an infantry battalion, has been reported as missing in action somewhere in Germany, according to a War Department telegram received Sunday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Campagnoni, 102 Gillis Street, Solvay. Pvt. Campagnoni was inducted into the armed forces in March, 1943, and received his training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and Camp Pickett, Virginia. He was sent overseas in September and has been in combat duty since arriving in Europe. He attended Solvay High School and prior to his induction was employed at the Army Air Base at the State Fairgrounds. He has three brothers in service — Pvt. Alfred Campagnoni, at Camp Clovis, New Mexico; Pvt. Ernest Campagnoni, serving somewhere in England, and Pvt. Robert Campagnoni, at a camp in Texas. Two sisters, Erma Campagnoni and Rose Campagnoni, and a brother, William, reside at home.
The War Department would later report that Arthur D. Campagnoni had been killed.
Contributor: Tami (49384302)
S/o Domenick & Lucy Campagnoni
Obituary Syracuse Herald-Journal, January 3, 1945:
Pvt. Arthur D. Campagnoni, 18, serving with an infantry battalion, has been reported as missing in action somewhere in Germany, according to a War Department telegram received Sunday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Campagnoni, 102 Gillis Street, Solvay. Pvt. Campagnoni was inducted into the armed forces in March, 1943, and received his training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and Camp Pickett, Virginia. He was sent overseas in September and has been in combat duty since arriving in Europe. He attended Solvay High School and prior to his induction was employed at the Army Air Base at the State Fairgrounds. He has three brothers in service — Pvt. Alfred Campagnoni, at Camp Clovis, New Mexico; Pvt. Ernest Campagnoni, serving somewhere in England, and Pvt. Robert Campagnoni, at a camp in Texas. Two sisters, Erma Campagnoni and Rose Campagnoni, and a brother, William, reside at home.
The War Department would later report that Arthur D. Campagnoni had been killed.
Contributor: Tami (49384302)
Pfc. Campagnoni was in the 3rd squad of the 1st platoon in K Company, 311th Infantry, 78rh Division. He was shot by a sniper in the Hurtgen Forest, Germany while eating breakfast on Dec 15, 1944 and died of wounds on the 21st at an Army hospital in Roetgen, Germany.
S/o Domenick & Lucy Campagnoni
Obituary Syracuse Herald-Journal, January 3, 1945:
Pvt. Arthur D. Campagnoni, 18, serving with an infantry battalion, has been reported as missing in action somewhere in Germany, according to a War Department telegram received Sunday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Campagnoni, 102 Gillis Street, Solvay. Pvt. Campagnoni was inducted into the armed forces in March, 1943, and received his training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and Camp Pickett, Virginia. He was sent overseas in September and has been in combat duty since arriving in Europe. He attended Solvay High School and prior to his induction was employed at the Army Air Base at the State Fairgrounds. He has three brothers in service — Pvt. Alfred Campagnoni, at Camp Clovis, New Mexico; Pvt. Ernest Campagnoni, serving somewhere in England, and Pvt. Robert Campagnoni, at a camp in Texas. Two sisters, Erma Campagnoni and Rose Campagnoni, and a brother, William, reside at home.
The War Department would later report that Arthur D. Campagnoni had been killed.
Contributor: Tami (49384302)
S/o Domenick & Lucy Campagnoni
Obituary Syracuse Herald-Journal, January 3, 1945:
Pvt. Arthur D. Campagnoni, 18, serving with an infantry battalion, has been reported as missing in action somewhere in Germany, according to a War Department telegram received Sunday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Campagnoni, 102 Gillis Street, Solvay. Pvt. Campagnoni was inducted into the armed forces in March, 1943, and received his training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and Camp Pickett, Virginia. He was sent overseas in September and has been in combat duty since arriving in Europe. He attended Solvay High School and prior to his induction was employed at the Army Air Base at the State Fairgrounds. He has three brothers in service — Pvt. Alfred Campagnoni, at Camp Clovis, New Mexico; Pvt. Ernest Campagnoni, serving somewhere in England, and Pvt. Robert Campagnoni, at a camp in Texas. Two sisters, Erma Campagnoni and Rose Campagnoni, and a brother, William, reside at home.
The War Department would later report that Arthur D. Campagnoni had been killed.
Contributor: Tami (49384302)
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