DOB/DOD: May 24, 1923 (New Jersey) – July 31, 1944; 21 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
LOCAL ADDRESS: 4 Garner Street, Norwalk
ENLISTMENT: January 7, 1942
SERVICE NUMBER: 11041269
UNIT: Unknown
FAMILY: Born to Nicola (1886-1961) and Jennie Constantino (1896-1982). Three sisters, Sandrina Constantino Smith (1926-1986), Viola Constantino Motika (1927-), and Ida T. Constantino Griswold (1930-). The last name is spelled as –ino and –eno in other places.
DECORATIONS: Awarded the Purple Heart Medal
CIRCUMSTANCES: Wounded in March 1944 and released back to duty. Wounded again by “bomb fragments,” hospitalized, and died on July 31, 1944.
Wounded in March 1944 and released back to duty. Wounded again by “bomb fragments,” hospitalized and died on July 31, 1944. Awarded the Purple Heart Medal.
Norwalk High School Yearbook, Class of 1941
From The Norwalk Hour June 23, 1948
Funeral services for Private Barney Constantino, United States Army, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Constantino, 4 Garner Street, who died on July 31, 1944, as the result of wounds received in an enemy air raid on Biak Island, Southwest Pacific, will be held at 7:45 A.M. Saturday at the Ganung Funeral Home and at 8 o’clock in St. Joseph’s Church. Interment in the family plot in St. John’s Cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home from 7 to 10 P.M. Thursday and from 2 to 10 P.M. on Friday
Buried in St. John’s Cemetery, 223 Richards Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut; Section A2.
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