TECHNICAL SERGEANT SYLVIO VINCENT D’AVANZO; U.S. ARMY

DOB/DOD: September 12, 1919 (Norwalk, CT) – February 8, 1945; 25 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 27 Cross Street, NorwalkSERVICE NUMBER: 20132967UNIT: 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division FAMILY: Born to Prospero (1882-1953) and Valentine Cantarella D’Avanzo (1892-1955); both born in Italy. Eight brothers Joseph (1913-1993), Louis (1915-1980), Nicholas (1921-1944), Alfred “Frederick” (1922-1989), VictorContinue reading “TECHNICAL SERGEANT SYLVIO VINCENT D’AVANZO; U.S. ARMY”

PRIVATE PROSPERO NICHOLAS D’AVANZO; U.S. ARMY

DOB/DOD: January 25, 1921 (Norwalk, CT) – June 9, 1944; 23 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 27 Cross Street and 132 Flax Hill Road, NorwalkSERVICE NUMBER: 31247927ENLISTMENT: November 17, 1942UNIT: Medical Corps, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division FAMILY: Born to Prospero (1882-1953) and Valentine Cantarella D’Avanzo (1892-1955); both born in Italy. Eight brothers JosephContinue reading “PRIVATE PROSPERO NICHOLAS D’AVANZO; U.S. ARMY”