| NAME: Aldo Louis Sorcinelli |
NICKNAME: Eugene |
SERVICE NUMBER: 983042 |
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| HOME OF RECORD: Saranac Lake, NY |
NEXT OF KIN: Parents, John & Jennie Sorcinelli |
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| DATE OF BIRTH: 9/8/1925 |
SERVICE DATES: 5/29/1944 – 3/13/1945 |
DATE OF DEATH: 3/13/1945 |
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| CAMPAIGN | UNIT | MOS | RATE | RESULT | |||
| Iwo Jima | B/1/24 | 746 | Private | KIA | |||
| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS: Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK: Private |
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Biography coming soon.
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.