Biography

k-Vecchietti, Armando (Americo, Amerigo); b. January 9, 1904, Gualdo Tadino, Province of Perugia, Italy, to the US as a child; Italian American; Father Nocola Vecchietti, mother Teresa (Canci) Vecchietti; Miner; Anarchist; Domicile US; In May 1937 was in Toulouse, France, waiting to cross into Spain; Served with the 25th Division or Ortiz Column, and XV BDE, Lincoln BN; Served at Aragon; Killed in action 1937 at Huesca (June 20, 1937, Teruel); According to the Minister of War, Command of the Corps of Staff SIM, he was killed on July 20, 1937 on the Aragon Front.

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Sources: “Amerigo Vecchietti,” CPC busta 5336; USSDA 2:1003, 61:0289; Anarchist; Italian; “Italiani caduti in Spagna,” 136; La Spagna Nel Nostro Cuore ; Antonioli et al Un trentennio.