Anthony Di Petta was a 24-year-old from Nutley. He died in World War II during a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean.
Anthony Di Petta was a U.S. Navy Soldier from Nutley. At 24 years old he died from an enemy aircraft strike. Decades later, his remains were recovered from the Pacific Ocean and identified.Camille Furst | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Anthony Di Petta, a 24-year-old from Nutley, and two other crew members died in a crash while conducting air strikes on Sept. 10, 1944, against targets on the Palau Islands, officials said. At the time, efforts to recover Di Petta’s body were unsuccessful, the agency said. The American Graves Registration Service, an organization that searched for missing soldiers after the war, deemed Di Petta unrecoverable in 1949.
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