Name:
Jesse Mittiga
Rank:
Sergeant
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Unit:
34th Tank Battalion, 5th Armored Division
Date of Death:
1944-09-10
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Standing Rock Cemetery, Kent, Ohio
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Jesse Mittiga was born in 1917 in Ohio. He was the son of Rosario Mittiga and Frances T. Milarba Mittiga. He served in the 34th Tank Battalion, 5th Armored Division as a Sergeant during World War II. SGT Mittiga was killed in an ambush on September 10, 1944, in Sandweiler, Luxembourg during the town's liberation. He is now buried in the Standing Rock Cemetery, Kent, Portage County, Ohio, USA.