Anthony Francis Vigliante was born on May 19, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He resided in Kings County, New York prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on March 23, 1943 in New York City, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents. Anthony served as a Staff Sergeant and Tail Gunner on the B-17G #42-102552 "Horn's Hornets" aircraft, 339th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

The plane took off from 138 Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, UK on a bombing mission over the oil storage facilities at Gennevilliers, a suburban area of Paris. While the B-17 inflicted major damage upon the target, Paris was surrounded with infamous flak, and two of the twenty-five B-17s were shot down, including the Horn's Hornets. His plane spun down after flak knocked off the entire tail assembly and crashed in the streets of Rue Pajol and Rue Ricquet, Paris. Seven members from his crew were Killed in Action and three were taken as prisoners.

Sgt Vigliante ejected from the plane and fell in Bois-Colombes. He was killed when he came down at 83 rue Gamme in Bois-Colombes. He is interred somewhere in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

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