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Venditti John

Name:
John Venditti
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-05-01
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Somme American Cemetery and Memoria,l Bony, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
Plot:
C
Row:
10
Grave:
6
Decoration:
Comments:

In commemoration of the sacrifice of Private John Venditti (born 1894 in Syracuse) who the Venditti Post of the Italian American Veterans in Syracuse is named for. It is claimed that Pvt. Vendetti was the first Syracusan killed in World War I. He was assigned to 18th Infantry, 1st Division and killed in action on May 1, 1918.