While cleaning up some older posts on the site, I came across something that I discovered a year or more ago. The father of Herbert Turner Collings Jr. was a POW in World War One. I never dug in enough to do some of the background on Senior, and now have. My number one hopeContinue reading “The Collings’”
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STAFF SERGEANT JOSEPH CIRIGLIANO ROMANO; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: October 13, 1925 (Carlstadt, NJ) – January 17, 2020 (Norwalk, CT)MARITAL STATUS: Married Florence O’Brien (1928-2021) on December 16, 1950, in New York CityLAST ADDRESS: 1 Woodchuck Court W; NorwalkSERVICE NUMBER: 42069708UNIT: 42nd Infantry Division (the Rainbow Division) FAMILY: Born to Ernest P.C. Romano [Army/WWI veteran] (1896-1977) and Gilda Battista Romano [later Fecarotta] (1897-1984).Continue reading “STAFF SERGEANT JOSEPH CIRIGLIANO ROMANO; U.S. ARMY”
PRIVATE LAWRENCE ROBERT ZEOLI; U.S. MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: February 8, 1923 (Brooklyn, NY) – May 21, 1945; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 12 Reynolds Street, NorwalkENLISTMENT: January 4, 1944SERVICE NUMBER: 907199UNIT: Company C, 4th Marines, 6th Marine Division FAMILY: Born to Pasquale (1893-1974) and Marie E. Vicidomini Zeoli (1896-1956). One brother, Alfred J. (1918-2006). One sister, Marguerite Zeoli Gajdosik (1921-2020). DECORATIONS:Continue reading “PRIVATE LAWRENCE ROBERT ZEOLI; U.S. MARINE CORPS”
SERGEANT WILFRED FRANCIS WOOD; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: October 13, 1921 (Norwalk, CT) – October 10, 1943; 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 5 Hawkins AvenueENLISTMENT: April 6, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 31104593UNIT: 726th Bomber Squadron, 451st Bomber Group, Fairmont Army Air Base, Nebraska FAMILY: Born to Charles R. Sr. (1892-1927) and Hazel R. La Croix Wood (1894-1985). One brother, Charles R. Jr. (1917-1999).Continue reading “SERGEANT WILFRED FRANCIS WOOD; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EDWARD NORMAN WILSON JR.; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: September 4, 1917 (Norwalk, CT) – February 21, 1945; 27 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Marion. Her maiden name is unknown.LOCAL ADDRESS: 11 Fitch Street, East NorwalkENLISTMENT: January 2, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 31277720UNIT: Company A, 14th Battalion, 4th Regiment, Infantry Replacement Center FAMILY: Born to Edward M. Sr. (1878-1951) and Mary E. Dunne Wilson (1882-1956).Continue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EDWARD NORMAN WILSON JR.; U.S. ARMY”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EARL THOMAS WILSON; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: December 6, 1923 (Norwalk, CT) – June 6, 1944; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 2 Wilbur Street, South NorwalkENLISTMENT: October 20, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 11100763UNIT: 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division FAMILY: Born to Theodore (1903-1930) and Irene Horvath Wilson (1902-1986). Earl was their only child. Irene later married Louis MuoioContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EARL THOMAS WILSON; U.S. ARMY”
PRIVATE BENJAMIN THOMAS WILLIAMS; U.S. MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: July 4, 1921 (Norwalk, CT) – May 11, 1945; 23 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Mary R. Drab (1923-1976) on August 15, 1940, in NorwalkCHILDREN: Mary E. Williams Nussbickel (1940-), Richard T. (1942-2021), Kathleen Williams Maloney (1943-2010), and Jeanne (1945-).LOCAL ADDRESS: Beverly Place, NorwalkENLISTMENT: June 5, 1944SERVICE NUMBER: 987575UNIT: 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division FAMILY:Continue reading “PRIVATE BENJAMIN THOMAS WILLIAMS; U.S. MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL WILMOT WILBUR; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: March 15, 1924 (Norwalk, CT) – February 2, 1945; 23 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 2 Woodbury AvenueENLISTMENT: June 24, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 11072351UNIT: F Troop, Mass Task Force, 124th Cavalry Regiment FAMILY: Born to Arthur E. (1896-1951) and Anna E. Reardon Wilbur [born in Canada] (1896-1959). Two sisters, Barbara Wilbur Tanner (1928-1992) and DawnContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL WILMOT WILBUR; U.S. ARMY”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WILLIAM ARTHUR WHITE JR.; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: January 24, 1914 (Norwalk, CT) – August 25, 1944; 30 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Marie R. Wachter (1917-2009) on October 14, 1935, in Pound Ridge, New YorkLOCAL ADDRESS: 81 Seaview AvenueENLISTMENT: November 1, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 31407309UNIT: Company B, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division FAMILY: Born to Milton B. (1888-1953) and Emily E. MoffettContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WILLIAM ARTHUR WHITE JR.; U.S. ARMY”
SERGEANT SIDNEY WEITZ; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: October 29, 1921 (New York, NY) – November 18, 1944; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Shirley Goldstein of the Bronx, New York, on December 28, 1941LOCAL ADDRESS: 6 Arch StreetENLISTMENT: November 4, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 31247951UNIT: 3rd Armored Tank Battalion, 10th Infantry Division FAMILY: Born to Hirsch H. (1883-1951) and Sarah F. Letzter Weitz (1883-1964).Continue reading “SERGEANT SIDNEY WEITZ; U.S. ARMY”