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

September 12, 1919 (Norwalk, CT) – February 8, 1945; 25 years oldUnmarriedLast local address: 27 Cross Street, NorwalkService number: 20132967Unit: 11th Airborne Division, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment 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), Victor (1924-2002), Rudolph (1926-2009),Continue reading “TECHNICAL SERGEANT SYLVIO VINCENT D’AVANZO; U.S. ARMY”

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

January 25, 1921 (Norwalk, CT) – June 9, 1944; 23 years oldUnmarriedLast local address: 27 Cross Street, NorwalkService Number: 31247927Unit: 4th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Regiment, Medical Corps Born to Prospero (1882-1953) and Valentine Cantarella D’Avanzo (1892-1955); both born in Italy. Eight brothers Joseph (1913-1993), Louis (1915-1980), Sylvio (1920-1945), Alfred “Frederick” (1922-1989), Victor (1924-2002), RudolphContinue reading “PRIVATE PROSPERO NICHOLAS D’AVANZO; U.S. ARMY”