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Personal info

Full name
MARSICANO, Henry
Date of birth
12 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32615582
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
487th Port Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Rex Cinema, De Keyserlei 15, Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 2 36

Immediate family

Members
Conrad Marsicano (father)
Albina Marsicano (mother)
Sabina Marsicano (sister)
Rita Marsicano (sister)
Frank Marsicano (brother)
Alfred Marsicano (brother)
Cannella Marsicano (sister)

More information

Pfc Henry Marsicano enlisted in New York City, New York on 2 November 1942.

On Saturday afternoon, 16 December 1944 at 15:20 local time, a V2 rocket bomb, hit the cinema Rex in Antwerp. It was packed with more than 1100 people, civilians and military. More than 560 people lost their lives.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WW2 Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.med-dept.com/unit_histories/612_qm_gr_co.php, http://www.longshoresoldiers.com/2012/08/a-short-history-of-487th-port-battalion.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet