DOB/DOD: April 15, 1918 (Bridgeport, CT) – October 19, 1974 (Pinellas, FL); 56 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Margaret (last name unknown) on November 8, 1938; divorced 1939LOCAL ADDRESS: 101 Woodward Avenue, South NorwalkENLISTMENT: February 17, 1941, in the Pennsylvania National GuardSERVICE NUMBER: 20317684UNIT: Unknown FAMILY: Born to Carmine [born in Italy] (1895-1981) and MaryContinue reading “SERGEANT ANTHONY ANTON DAMATO; U.S. ARMY”
Category Archives: WWII
TECHNICAL SERGEANT HARVEY DRAPER COOKE JR.; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: March 28, 1923 (Winthrop, MA) – September 5, 1997 (Lake Worth, FL); 74 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Grace McGuire (1924-2009) on September 29, 1945, in Sherman, CTCHILDREN: Harvey D. III (1946-).LOCAL ADDRESS: Pine Point, Rowayton, NorwalkENLISTMENT: June 15, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 11072168DISCHARGE: November 10, 1945UNIT: 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group FAMILY: Born to HarveyContinue reading “TECHNICAL SERGEANT HARVEY DRAPER COOKE JR.; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
PRIVATE PETER BUFITHIS; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: August 22, 1920 (Providence, RI) – June 3, 2012 (unknown); 91 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Alice Vellios (1924-2005) on December 3, 1950, in Brockton, MACHILDREN: One son, Peter (1952-). LOCAL ADDRESS: 12 Academy Street and 7 Cranbury Woods Road, NorwalkENLISTMENT: April 3, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 31331572UNIT: Company G, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division FAMILY:Continue reading “PRIVATE PETER BUFITHIS; U.S. ARMY”
SERGEANT SIDNEY CLIFFORD BROWN; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: January 15, 1919 (New Haven, CT) – January 7, 2003 (Middletown, CT); 83 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Charlotte Cohn (1922-1994) on December 7, 1941 in Norwalk, CT. Married to Eileen Porter (1927-2004) on October 16, 1996 in Norwalk, CT.CHILDREN: One son, Ronald W. (1943-). Two daughters, Jo Ann Brown Stone (1946-) and FrancineContinue reading “SERGEANT SIDNEY CLIFFORD BROWN; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
PRIVATE GEORGE HENRY BRITTO; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: March 11, 1920 (Norwalk, CT) – July 20, 2004 (Bridgeport, CT); 84 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Esther F. Faust (1923-2005) on July 4, 1939, in Norwalk, CTCHILDREN: Four sons, George Jr. (1939-2011), James A. (1941-2001), Arthur F. (1943-2007), and Herman (1944-). One daughter, Karen J. Britto Michaelson (1946-2008).LOCAL ADDRESS: 19 Fort Point Street,Continue reading “PRIVATE GEORGE HENRY BRITTO; U.S. ARMY”
SERGEANT PHILIP ADALARD BONENFANT; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD; February 3, 1912 (Saint-Philippe, Quebec, Canada) – November 8, 1991 (Norwalk, CT); 79 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Mavis Reed (1917-2002) on March 2, 1935, in Groveton, NH; divorced in 1941. Married Bertha Eleck (1912-2000) on August 4, 1945 in Norwalk, CT.CHILDREN: Three sons, Philip R. (1936-2000), Michael H. (1936-2012), Philip J. (1939-). Two daughters,Continue reading “SERGEANT PHILIP ADALARD BONENFANT; U.S. ARMY”
TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOHN EUGENE BOISSEAU; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: February 27, 1917 (Sioux City, Iowa) – July 15, 1995 (Atlanta, GA); 78 years oldMARITAL STATUS 1: Married Helen Marie Tate (1920-1976) on June 26, 1946, in Des Moines, IowaMARITAL STATUS 2: Married Mary L. Kuehm (1926-2014) on November 27, 1976, in Westport, ConnecticutMARITAL STATUS 3: Married Karla M. Hawley (1924-1976). CHILDREN: Three sons,Continue reading “TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOHN EUGENE BOISSEAU; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
CORPORAL ALEXANDER ANDREW BELLUS; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: April 23, 1917 (Norwalk, CT) – April 11, 1964 (Norwalk, CT); 46 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Sophia Premru (1916-2010) on May 31, 1947, in Norwalk, CT. Later remarried to Helmut Lohmann.CHILDREN: Two sons, Gary (1953-) and Peter (1954-).LOCAL ADDRESS: 333 Flax Hill Road, South NorwalkENLISTMENT: January 19, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 31040632UNIT: 707th Headquarters Company,Continue reading “CORPORAL ALEXANDER ANDREW BELLUS; U.S. ARMY”
FIRST SERGEANT JAMES LEWIS BEERS; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: October 25, 1920 (Norwalk, CT) – June 28, 1993 (Brookfield, CT); 72 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Swedish-born Britta Ingegerd Weber (1920-2008) on April 18, 1942, in Elizabeth, NJCHILDREN: One son, James L. Beers Jr. (1949-2011). One daughter, Jacqueline Beers Stratos (1946-).LOCAL ADDRESS: 21 Chestnut Street, South NorwalkENLISTMENT: September 2, 1942DISCHARGE: October 9, 1945SERVICE NUMBER:Continue reading “FIRST SERGEANT JAMES LEWIS BEERS; U.S. ARMY”
FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HENRY “BUS” BARNUM III; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: December 8, 1917 (Lime Rock, CT) – December 18, 2009 (Laconia, NH); 92 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Mary Ann Ainsworth (1924-2001) on April 28, 1945, in DarienCHILDREN: Two twin daughters, Susan N. Barnum Koprowski (1946-) and Sally Barnum Oak (1946-). Two sons, Peter (1950-) and Seth (1952-). ENLISTMENT: December 29, 1941SERVICE NUMBERS: 11040832Continue reading “FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HENRY “BUS” BARNUM III; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
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