Aldo Louis Sorcinelli
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 983042
September 8, 1925
in Saranac Lake, NY
Giovanni “John” Sorcinelli
Giovanna “Jennie” (Paci) Sorcinelli
Details unknown
Linotype operator
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
May 29, 1944
at Albany, NY
November 22, 1944
from 17th Replacement Battalion
March 8, 1945
Wounded and evacuated from Iwo Jima
March 13, 1945
Died of wounds
17 James Street, Saranac Lake, NY – address of parents, John & Jennie Sorcinelli
Service & Campaigns
Aldo served with Company D, 6th Regiment, New York National Guard from 29 December 1942 to 7 June 1944. He was honorably discharged to enter the Marine Corps.
Boot camp at Parris Island with First Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Third Training Battalion, Infantry Training Regiment, Camp Lejeune; qualified as automatic rifleman. On 10 October 1944, transferred to 17th Replacement Draft for deployment overseas.
Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui, on 22 November 1944.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 746 (Automatic Rifleman)
Important Events:
March 8, 1945 – wounded in action (fatal shrapnel in face and chest); evacuated to Division field hospital
March 13, 1945 – died of wounds received in action. Buried in Plot 1, Row 33, Grave 1629, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (March 8, 1945)
Citation
Any details of his service would be useful to the Iwo Jima Memorial Historical Foundation where I volunteer as a researcher and archivist. Thank you.
September 8, 1925 (Saranac Lake, NY) – March 13, 1945; 19 years old
Unmarried
Sister Mary and husband Joseph lived at 300 Jefferson Avenue, New London
Enlisted on May 29, 1944
Serial number 983042
4th Marine Division, 24th Marines, 1st Battalion, Company C
MOS: 746, Automatic Rifleman
Only son of Italian born parents Giovanni “John” (1886-1950) and Giovanna “Jennie” Sorcinelli (1891-1969). One sister, Maria “Mary” Theresa Sorcinelli Bargnesi (1912-2003). Worked at John S. Ridenour, Saranac Lake, New York prior to the service.
Served in the New York Army National Guard, 6th Regiment, Company L, December 29, 1942 – June 7, 1944. Received an honorable discharge to enter the Armed Forces.
PFC Nathan Waldon Brown, 19, of River Rouge, Michigan, Private First Class Lorrin Frederick Lane, 20, of Norwalk, Connecticut and Private Sorcinelli, all died from wounds in the same battle on the same day, March 13, 1945.