OBIT: Gennaro VADACCHINO, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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VADACCHINO

  Gennaro Vadacchino, aged 23, of 510 Eighth avenue, a selective 
inducted into the federal service by the East Side No. 2 city draft 
board, died in Camp Lee on Oct. 12, according to a telegram received by 
the board today, the commanding officer writing as to the disposition 
of the body.  Death was due to pneumonia.  The remains will be sent to 
Altoona at the request of a cousin, Frank Garritono of 510 Eighth 
avenue and burial will be made in this city.  The body will be 
accompanied to Altoona by a military escort.  Vadacchino was inducted 
last April and trained at Petersburg.  He was born in Italy on March 
27, 1895, and was employed as a track hand by the Pennsy.  He has a 
wife and parents in Italy.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Friday Morning, October 18, 1918