This collection documents the World War II military service and subsequent death of Paul J. Vetrone. The collection includes correspondence from Vetrone, photographs, newspaper articles on Vetrone's death, and a military uniform patch.

The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from Vetrone to Gladys Poole. of Philadelphia, during the war; some of the letters are penned from Camp Polk while later ones are from England, France, and Germany. The photographs in the collection include two of Vetrone in uniform and one, taken in 1984, of his grave in France. The newspaper articles (photocopies) announce Vetrone's death.