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Home Town Albert
Date of Passing Oct 03, 1967
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T/3 ANTHONY THOMAS "TONY" BALASSONE WAS BORN IN ALBERT, TUCKER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA ON 17 JANUARY 1912 THE SON OF JOSEPH AND ANNA LA CIRITA BALASSONE. HE WAS TEACHER BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1941. HE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC WITH THE 7TH EVACUATON HIOSPITAL FROM 17 JUN 1943 UNTIL 15 OCTOBER 1945. T/3 BALASSONEWAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 24 OCTOBER 1945 AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. TONY BALASSONE PASSED AWAY ON 3 OCTOBER 1967 AT HIS HOME IN WILMINTON, DELAWARE. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A SALESMAN WITH PPG INDUSTRIES. ANTHONY WAS LAID TO REST AT THE MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY IN THOMAS, WEST VIRGINIA. ANTHONY WAS ONE OF 3 BALASSONE BROTHERS HO SERVED DURING WWII, T/3 GUY L AND SERGEANT JOHN J. BALASSONE.
Description (Luzon Campaign 15 December 1944 to 4 July 1945) After Leyte came Mindoro, which was invaded on 15 December 1944, an air strip being obtained to provide a base for operations during the invasion on Luzon. American troops landed on the shores of Lingayen Gulf on g January 1945 and pushed to Manila, which the Japanese defended vigorously until 24 February. Rather than meet the Americans in a decisive battle, the Japanese decided to fight delaying actions in numerous places. Organized resistance ended in southern Luzon in April and in central and northern Luzon in June.