Victor James PRATOLA
1922 - 1942 (19 years)-
Name Victor James PRATOLA Birth 22 Jun 1922 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
Gender Male Death 16 Apr 1942 At sea 
Siblings2 brothers and 3 sisters Person ID I20391 bmds Last Modified 25 Jan 2022
Father Matteo PRATOLA, b. 14 Aug 1885, Avellino, Italy d. Aft 1956 (Age > 72 years) Mother Maria Michelina Caterina POPPA, b. 11 Sep 1886, Greci, Avellino, Italy d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F4278 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 22 Jun 1922 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Pin Legend 
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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)
