DOB/DOD: March 20, 1923 (Manhattan, NY) – March 2, 1945; 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 37 Third Street, SeymourENLISTMENT: December 4, 1942, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 505562UNIT: 31st Replacement Draft, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0522, Basic Marine; also 0746, Automatic Rifleman FAMILY: Born to John (1895-1962) and Anna Senick (1895-1959). Third born ofContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FRANK SENICK; MARINE CORPS”
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ROBERT ANTHONY ROTUNNO; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: November 3, 1923 (Rapino, Italy) – March 2, 1945; 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 45 Dean Street, StamfordENLISTMENT: December 14, 1942, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 505931UNIT: Company B, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0521, Basic Marine; and 0522, Guard NOTE: The last name is misspelled in some resources asContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ROBERT ANTHONY ROTUNNO; MARINE CORPS”
CORPORAL JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER RIORDAN; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: December 13, 1917 (New Haven, CT) – February 24, 1945; 27 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 56 Woodward Avenue, New HavenENLISTMENT: July 14, 1942, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 403813UNIT: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 21st Marines, 3rd Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0737, Fire Team Leader FAMILY: Parents John P. (1872-1942) and Albina F. Riordan (1884-1979).Continue reading “CORPORAL JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER RIORDAN; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS STEWART JOHN PHILLIPS; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: August 11, 1916 (Brockton, MA) – February 19, 1945; 28 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 55 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. The house is no longer there.ENLISTMENT: June 5, 1942, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 403613UNIT: Weapons Company, 25th Marines, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0345, Truck Driver; and 0610, Antitank Gun CrewmanNOTE: His first nameContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS STEWART JOHN PHILLIPS; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DAVID GUSTAVE PHANEUF; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: July 11, 1925 (Taftville, CT) – February 25, 1945; 19 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 40 South B Street, TaftvilleENLISTMENT: October 14, 1943, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 906793UNIT: Company A, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0745, Rifleman FAMILY: Born to Gustave (1902-1967) and Octavie Lussier Phaneuf (1904-1983) [both born inContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DAVID GUSTAVE PHANEUF; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOSEPH JOHN NOWIE; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: March 27, 1918 (Waterbury, CT) – March 11, 1945; 26 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Vosca Sottosanto (1914-1995) on July 5, 1941, in Barre, VermontLOCAL ADDRESS: 945 South Main Street, WaterburyENLISTMENT: March 15, 1943, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 845624UNIT: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 21st Marines, 3rd Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0746, Automatic Rifleman FAMILY:Continue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOSEPH JOHN NOWIE; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE CHARLES LEROY NAGEL; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: May 2, 1922 (Hamden, CT) – March 2, 1945; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Dorothy Bigelow Nagel (1922-1995) on March 1, 1942, in Stamford, CT.LOCAL ADDRESS: 2 Cedar Hill Avenue, New Haven. The house was torn down to build Interstate 91.ENLISTMENT: January 26, 1944, in Springfield, Massachusetts, three weeks after his father diedSERVICE NUMBER:Continue reading “PRIVATE CHARLES LEROY NAGEL; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS VINCENZO “JIMMY” MURRONE; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: April 17, 1926 (Bristol, CT) – March 15, 1945; 18 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 62 Gaylord Street, BristolENLISTMENT: June 19, 1944, in Hartford, ConnecticutSERVICE NUMBER: 987675UNIT: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0521, Basic Marine FAMILY: Son of Vito Lorenzo, born in Bari, Italy (1893-1969), and Josephine NobileContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS VINCENZO “JIMMY” MURRONE; MARINE CORPS”
CORPORAL JOHN “JACK” ALVA MOSCOE; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: September 18, 1923 (New Haven, CT) – February 27, 1945; 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 51 Ramsdell Street, New HavenENLISTMENT: July 20, 1943, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 861787UNIT: Company A, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0937, Instructor; 0737, Fire Team Leader FAMILY: Born to Archibald (1895-1955) and Genevieve PetersContinue reading “CORPORAL JOHN “JACK” ALVA MOSCOE; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HENRY MILKOWSKI; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: January 3, 1925 (Thompsonville, CT) – March 3, 1945; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 12 North Street, ThompsonvilleENLISTMENT: December 30, 1942, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 527073UNIT: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0745, Rifleman; and 0746, Automatic Rifleman FAMILY: Born to Polish-born Joseph Milkowski (1886-1945; died 6 monthsContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HENRY MILKOWSKI; MARINE CORPS”