Armand Gerard Alessandrini

Marine Corps Regular | Service Number 804833

Born

September 3, 1915
in New Milford, NJ

Parents

Angelo Alessandrini (d. 1936)
Mary Alessandrini

School

Hackensack High School

Pre-War Employment

Shipyard worker, Kearney, NJ

Entered Service

February 1, 1943
at New York, NY

Joined First Battalion

September 20, 1944
from Fourth Pioneer Battalion

Left First Battalion

March 8, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima

Left Service

March 8, 1945
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

238 Eagle Avenue, New Milford, NJ – address of mother, Mrs. Mary Alessandrini

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Boot camp at Parris Island; outposted to Engineer Battalion, Camp Lejeune, for further training. Assigned to Dog Company, Second Battalion (Pioneers) in summer 1943.

Participated in the battles of Roi-Namur (private), Saipan, and Tinian (private first class) as a rifleman (MOS 745).

Battalion disbanded September 1944; joined Charlie Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 20 September 1944.

Iwo Jima

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 675 (Messenger)
Important Events:
March 8, 1945 – killed in action; exact cause and circumstances unknown
March 12, 1945 – buried in Plot 1, Row 33, Grave 1639, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery

Campaign Narrative