Victor James PRATOLA
1922 - 1942 (19 years)
Generation: 1
1. Victor James PRATOLA was born on 22 Jun 1922 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (son of Matteo PRATOLA and Maria Michelina Caterina POPPA); died on 16 Apr 1942 in At sea. Notes:
Heroic Death of Captain Revealed by Sub Survivors
(Boston Globe–N.Y. Herald Tribune.) NEW YORK, April 24 — An heroic episode of the increasing battle which American merchant sailors are waging against submarines off the Atlantic Coast was related today by survivors of an American ship whose skipper, at the cost of his life, steered straight into a barrage of cannon-fire in a vain attempt to ram and sink an attacking U-boat. The skipper, Capt. Samuel L. Cobb of Staten Island, was mortally wounded by a fragment of shell which exploded near the bridge of the vessel. One other seaman, Victor J. Pratola, 19, of 17 Murray st., Wakefield, Mass., was killed in the attack, which took place on the night of April 16, and five were missing. Twenty-seven survivors. (Source: The Boston Globe (Boston, Mass.), Saturday, April 25, 1942)
2. Matteo PRATOLA was born on 14 Aug 1885 in Avellino, Italy; died after 1956. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1956, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Matteo married Maria Michelina Caterina POPPA on 10 Aug 1909. Maria was born on 11 Sep 1886 in Greci, Avellino, Italy; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Maria Michelina Caterina POPPA was born on 11 Sep 1886 in Greci, Avellino, Italy; and died. Children:
- Theresa R. PRATOLA was born on 11 Sep 1909 in Greci, Avellino, Italy; died in 2000 in Saint Charles, Missouri; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Charles, Saint Charles, Missouri.
- Daniel Joseph PRATOLA was born on 1 Dec 1915 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 12 Dec 1982 in San Marcos, San Diego, California.
- Rosemary PRATOLA was born on 2 Apr 1914 in Massachusetts; died on 4 Jun 1969 in North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
- Anne PRATOLA was born on 19 Jan 1918 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 31 Jan 2010 in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut.
- Ralph Levandi PRATOLA was born on 3 Jun 1920 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 2009 in Silver Springs, Marion, Florida; was buried in Lakeside Memorial Gardens, Eustis, Lake, Florida.
- 1. Victor James PRATOLA was born on 22 Jun 1922 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 16 Apr 1942 in At sea.