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DELMONICO, Dominick - Date of
birth
24 August 1915 -
Age
30 - Place of
birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio -
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35870073 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
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Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
11 September 1945 - Place of
death
Besancon, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 11 | 29 |
Immediate family
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Members
Michele R. Delmonaco (father)
Augusta C. (Bove) Delmonaco (mother)
Angela M. Delmonaco (sister)
Jack A. Delmonaco (brother)
Fritz A. Delmonaco (brother)
Ruth M. Delmonaco (sister)
Philip Delmonaco (brother)
Frank A. Delmonaco (brother)
Frederick Delmonico (brother)
Thelma Delmonico (wife)
More information
T/Sgt Dominick Delmonico enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana on 14 July 1943.He was a graduate of Woodward High School and employed by Antonio Palazzolo & Co. before entering the Army. He was killed in France during an accident shortly after the war's end.
T/Sgt Delmonico was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in the campaign in Southern France. He was credited for killing five Germans, wounding four and capturing two when his platoon was cut off from his company.
Sgt Delminico was wounded three times in his 20 months overseas.
He was killed in France when the truck on which he was a passenger overturned. The truck was one of a long convoy of troops returning to their base near Kassel, Germany, from a day of festivities in Besonco, France, in celebration of the first anniversary of the town's capture by the 3rd Division.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Varois, France.
His brother, T/5 Frank A. Delmonaco, is buried next to him. Their last names are pronounced slightly differently.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Delmonaco Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquierer
Photo source: Danny Dohmen, Paul L. M. van Zwijndregt