About
World War I (1914-1918)
James Edward Vetal was born in Bennington, Vermont, on November 5, 1901. He was living in the city of Schenectady with his family after 1910.
In December 1918, James enlisted in the United States Navy. He was assigned to the Naval Training Center at Pelham Bay, New York. He was diagnosed with pneumonia two weeks after arrival and died on January 4, 1919; he was only seventeen at the time. He is buried in the Park Lawn Cemetery in Bennington, Vermont.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry