Frank Raymond Uricchio
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 971922
October 30, 1925
in Clifton, NJ
James Uricchio
Flora Uricchio
Clifton High School (1943)
University of Alabama (ex-1947)
College student
May 22, 1944
at New York, NY
November 22, 1944
from 17th Replacement Draft
March 1, 1945
Wounded and evacuated from Iwo Jima
March 1, 1945
Died of wounds
13 James Street, Clifton, NJ – address of parents, James & Flora Uricchio
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island; outposted to Second Training Battalion, Infantry Training Regiment, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Assigned to the 17th Replacement Draft for transit overseas.
Joined Charlie Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 22 November 1944.
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
March 1, 1945 – wounded in action (shrapnel, right lung); evacuated to USS Harry Lee for treatment. Died of wounds later that day.
March 2, 1945 – buried in Plot 1, Row 18, Grave 898, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
March 1, 1945
Citation
My uncle, Frank Uricchio, wa hit with shrapnel while in a fox hole on Iwo Jima. He was transported to a ship and died there on March 1, 1944. I was hoping someone would remember him. Thank you
My father remembered his boy hood buddy from Clifton and thought of him often.
Dad passed away three years ago now, he was ninety three, but his comments about WWll and the friends he lost where with him to the end.
I live in Michigan now and for years, whenever I went home to visit the folks, we would always take a ride to Clifton / Paterson and make a point of stopping at the Calgary Cemetery to visit family gravesites. Dad always made a point of stopping at his buddy Frank’s grave and spent time remembering. Dad’s eyes would always tear up as he recalled …those stories.. when he was still able to drive, he , as a member of American Legion Post 347 in Clifton would visit the cemetery and place the American flag at veterans graves, Frank’s was always his first stop….
I’m sure they have reacquainted in heaven…
The date of Frank Uricchio’s death was March 1, 1945. I’m sorry for that error. Thank you.