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Dominick Piccolomini

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NAME:
Dominick Piccolomini
NICKNAME:
SERVICE NUMBER:
440446
HOME OF RECORD:
Brooklyn, NY
NEXT OF KIN:
Mother, Mrs. Theresa Maurino
DATE OF BIRTH:
8/24/1921
SERVICE DATES:
8/25/1942 – 11/7/1945
DATE OF DEATH:
7/4/2002
CAMPAIGN UNIT MOS RATE RESULT
Roi-Namur D/1/24 605 PFC
Saipan A/1/24 604 PFC WIA
Tinian In Hospital
Iwo Jima A/1/24 505 Corporal
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS:
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK:
Corporal

Biography coming soon.

Two of the company's old-timers. MG squad leader Dominick Piccolomini, at right, has been overseas since the invasion of Namur. He wears the Purple Heart ribbon that he earned on Saipan. The other Marine is unknown, but a veteran of several campaigns as evidenced by the number of stars on his Asia-Pacific campaign ribbon.
Dominick Piccolomini (right) with a pal at Camp Maui, 1945. Piccolomini wears the Purple Heart ribbon for wounds he suffered on Saipan.

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