Armand Allessandrini
Private First Class Armand Allessandrini, age twenty nine, was killed in Iwo Jima Armand was born in New Milford, N.J., and lived at 238 Eagle Avenue all his life. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on February 8, 1943, and trained at Parris Island, SouthCarolina; New River, North Carolina; and Camp Pendleton, California. He was sent overseas in January 1944, with the fourth Marine Division and served through the Marshall Islands, Saipan, and Tinian Campaigns in the South Pacific, before he was lost at Armand received a Presidential Citation, and a Citation from Secretarty of the Navy, James Forrestal, for his outstanding performance in combat at Saipan and Tinian. He also received the Purple Heart and his Asiatic-Pacific ribbons. Information from Teresa Martin © May 30th 1947 --> Newspaper Article April 10, 1945 <-- |
