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Casualty Info
Home Town Hempstead, New York
Last Address Cisterna di Latina Provincia di Latina Lazio, Italy
Casualty Date May 23, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Italy
Conflict WWII - European Theater of Operations/Anzio Campaign (1944)
Location of Interment Long Island National Cemetery (VA) - Farmingdale, New York
WWII - Africa Theater of Operations/Tunisia Campaign (1942-43)
From Month/Year
November / 1942
To Month/Year
May / 1943
Description (Tunisia Campaign 17 November 1942 to 13 May 1943) Having gained Algeria, the Allies quickly turned eastward, hoping to take Tunis and Bizerte before the Germans could send reinforcements into Tunisia. But the drive broke down short of the goal. In February 1943, after Rommel had been driven into Tunisia, the Axis took the offensive and pushed through Kasserine Pass before being stopped. With Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces in the battle, the Allies drove the enemy back into a pocket around Bizerte and Tunis, where Axis forces surrendered in May. Thus Tunisia became available for launching an attack on Sicily as a preliminary to an assault on Italy.
