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Grave marker for Nicholas V. Battiste in Plot H, 0, 8168 of
the Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale (Suffolk), New York.
Pvt Battiste was killed in action on 8 June 1944 in
Normandy, France.
He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Combat
Infantryman Badge posthumously. |
Official Statement Of Death
This letter from Department of The Army
attested to the fact that Nicholas V. Battiste was killed in action on
June 8, 1944. Addressed to Nicholas' brother George, the letter
is dated nearly six years following Nicolas' death. [George was the sole surviving family member as
Nicholas's father and mother died before the war at a young age.]
It is thought that the family needed an
official statement in order to apply for life insurance or other form of
survivor benefits. |
