Vincent Constantine Paparteys

Personal Information

Birthplace: Bayonne, NJ

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 1st Division 18th Infantry Service Company

Theater of Operation: European

Battle: North France, Normandy

Enlisted / Commissioned: 11/05/1940

Discharged: 06/17/1945

Highest Rank: Tech 4 Sgt

Military Honors: Distinguished Unit Badge, Purple Heart, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, French Fourragère and the State of New York Conspicuous Service Cross

Honored By: Lori L. Paparteys - Daughter

Biography

Vincent C. “Steve” Paparteys

As a Tech4 Sergeant in the 1st Division, 18th Infantry during WWII, Steve participated in the French, Belgian and German campaigns seeing action from North Africa and Italy, to Germany, Czechoslovakia and France. He landed on Omaha Beach with the Fighting First on D-Day among actions in other areas of the European Theater. He was wounded in Gela, Sicily earning the Purple Heart when he suffered shrapnel wounds and had his hearing permanently damaged from a shell explosion. He served at Ft. Hamilton (Brookyln), Ft. Devens (Massachusetts), Camp Blanding (Florida) and Fort Indiantown Gap (Pennsylvania) prior to his overseas service. During his prestigious service, he earned many Army awards including the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Unit Badge, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the French Fourragère and the State of New York Conspicuous Service Cross. He separated in 1945 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Battles: Normandy, North France, North Africa, Sicily, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy