DOB/DOD: April 17, 1926 (Bristol, CT) – March 15, 1945; 18 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
LOCAL ADDRESS: 62 Gaylord Street, Bristol
ENLISTMENT: June 19, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut
SERVICE NUMBER: 987675
UNIT: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0521, Basic Marine
FAMILY: Son of Vito Lorenzo, born in Bari, Italy (1893-1969), and Josephine Nobile Murrone (1906-1992). Two brothers, Thomas G. (1928-2011), and Vito S. (1932-2009). 1 Worked at Everybody’s Market on Riverside Avenue in Bristol prior to the service. 2
CIRCUMSTANCES: Boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, in the Summer of 1944. Then, infantry training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Assigned to the 4th Marine Division, 30th Replacement Draft in the Fall of 1944 through the battle. 4 Died from a gunshot wound to the chest. 3 PFC Murrone, PFC Paul Cushman of Bridgeport, Corporal John McGlew of Meriden, and Private August Porco of Bridgeport were all in the same company. They died on different days between February 19 and March 15, 1945.
Photo contributed by Great Nephew Tommy Murrone.
Honored on the Bristol (CT) World War II – Korean War Monument, 495 South Street, Bristol, Connecticut.
Initially buried in the 4th Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima, Plot 1, Row 36, Grave 1796. At his mother’s request, his remains were repatriated in 1948 and buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery, 522 Terryville Avenue, Bristol, Connecticut; Section 8, Lot 3A, Grave 2. Photo by Jeff DeWitt.
1 – 1940 census https://www.ancestry.com/cs/1940-census
2 – https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238
3 – USMC Casualty Report received via FOIA request
4 – USMC Muster Rolls: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1089/