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Home Town Thomas
Date of Passing Feb 10, 2001
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DOMINIC J. GENNANTONIO WAS EMPLOYEED AS A TRACKMAN (RAILROAD?) BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE ON 11 MAY 1942. HE SERVED AS A HEAVY MACHINE GUNNER WITH BATTERY "B" 531ST FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION IN THE PACIFIC FROM 30 JULY 1942 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 1945. AFTER RETURNING TO THE STATES PFC GENNANTONIO WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 6 OCTOBER 1945 AT CAMP ATTERBURY INDIANA.
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Dominic J. Gennantonio, 83, died Feb 10, 2001 at home in Las Vegas, NV, where he had been vacationing with his daughter for two and a half years.
He was born May 3, 1917, The son of the late Donato and Nancy Monda Gennantonio, in coketon, Wv. He was preceded in death by wife Louise V DePollo Gennantonio.
He is survived by his two Daughters and son in laws. Mrs. Nancy & William LeCain, of Beavercreek, OH and Mrs. Natalie and Jerry Johnson of Las Vegas, NV; three brothers and sister in laws, Richard "Riggie" and stella Gennantonio of Seminole, FL., John and Adelle Gennantonio of Loveland, OH and Donato "Danny" and Cindy Gennantonio of new Bern, NC.; two sisters Mrs Louise & Robert Harmen, Woodville, OH and Mrs Mary Buckley of Thomas and one sister in law Mrs. Elizabeth "Sob" Gennantonio in Thomas, WV. Three grandaughters Nanette and Michelle LeCaine of Beavercreek, OH and Brigette Johnson of Las Vegas, NV.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Joseph and Paul Gennantonio, one sister, Mrs. Carmella & Dominic Gatto and a grandson Brandon Johnson.
A member of the Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish in Thomas, an army veteran of World War II, a trackman for fourty years for the Western Maryland Chessie System Railroad. Since his retirement, He was a clerk at the Mt. Top Market until 1998. He was a past memeber of the American Legion, The Knights of Columbus and the Thomas Fire Department.
Visitations were at Palm Mortuary with rosary and Mass of Ressurrection at St. James the Apostle Catholic Church in Las Vegas, NV. His final rest will be at Mt Calvery Cemetary in Thomas, WV.
WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The plan of the Pacific subseries was determined by the geography, strategy, and the military organization of a theater largely oceanic. Two independent, coordinate commands, one in the Southwest Pacific under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the other in the Central, South, and North Pacific (Pacific Ocean Areas) under Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, were created early in the war. Except in the South and Southwest Pacific, each conducted its own operations with its own ground, air, and naval forces in widely separated areas. These operations required at first only a relatively small number of troops whose efforts often yielded strategic gains which cannot be measured by the size of the forces involved. Indeed, the nature of the objectivesùsmall islands, coral atolls, and jungle-bound harbors and airstrips, made the employment of large ground forces impossible and highlighted the importance of air and naval operations. Thus, until 1945, the war in the Pacific progressed by a double series of amphibious operations each of which fitted into a strategic pattern developed in Washington.
21 Named Campaigns were recognized in the Asiatic Pacific Theater with Battle Streamers and Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medals.
