Paul J. Rossi
| NAME: Paul Joseph Rossi | NICKNAME: The Deacon | SERVICE NUMBER: O-20176 | |||||
| HOME OF RECORD: 88 West 10th Street, Bayonne, NJ | NEXT OF KIN: Wife, Mrs. Gertrude M. Rossi | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH: 6/17/1914 | SERVICE DATES: 12/31/1942 – 1/2/1946 (WWII) 1952 – 1953 (Inactive Reserve) | DATE OF DEATH: 12/7/2003 | |||||
| CAMPAIGN | UNIT | MOS | RATE | RESULT | |||
| Roi-Namur | A/1/24 | 4110 (Mess Officer) | Second Lieutenant | Rear Echelon | |||
| Saipan | A/1/24 | 1542 (1 Platoon) | Second Lieutenant | ||||
| Tinian | A/1/24 | 1542 (1 Platoon) | Second Lieutenant | WIA | |||
| Iwo Jima | HQ/1/24 | 4110 (Mess Officer) | First Lieutenant | Rear Echelon | |||
| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS: Purple Heart | LAST KNOWN RANK: First Lieutenant (WWII) Captain (Reserve) | ||||||
Paul Rossi is buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Paul Rossi's Selective Service registration, 1940.
"Lieutenant Rossi stands on a rock on our advancing front lines in an attempt to locate some Jap riflemen who are hidden in dense jungle about 30 feet in front of him." USMC photo by SSgt. Maurice E. Garber
Miami (Oklahoma) Daily News-Record, July 10 1944.
Lieutenant Rossi was wounded during the assault on Tinian. War Diary, USS Heywood.
Officers of First Battalion, 24th Marines at the end of the war. In the background is the regimental Roll of Honor.
To whom it may concern:
Captain Rossi’s nickname was ‘The Deacon’. His men would ask him to say prayers in advance of conflict. Thank you.
Scott Calkin (Paul’s son in law)