 Lieutenant Capitran shipped to England in November of 1943 and landed in France a week after D-Day. Lieutenant Capitran served as a forward observer for the Cannon Company, 47th Infantry Division. On July 10, 1944, during actions with the infantry near Saint-Jean-de-Dé, France, Lieutenant Capitran was wounded and subsequently died of those wounds on the same day. Lieutenant Capitran was posthumously awarded both the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart.