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CARMEN D. PESANTE

Pesante
 Carmen, on Friday, Dee. 76, 1969, husband of Philomena (Tartagllone) Pesante, of Levlltown, formerly of Swissvaie; father of Ralph and Anita Pesante; son of Mrs. Antoinette Pesante and the late Antonio Pesante of Swissvaie; brother of Mrs. Catherine Muroca of Homestead, Mrs. Rose Trainor of Hawthorne, Nevada, the late Vlrglnia Tucker of Irwin, James Pesante of Swissvaie, Pauline Mathews of Irwin and Antoinette McEwewn, of Irwin, Louis Pesante, Port View. Friends received at BECKS AND DAUGHERTY FUNERAL HOME, Levittown, Pa. Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 a. m. at St. Michael's Church, Levlltown,

[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, 29 Dec 1969, Mon, Page 29]

 

Application for headstone or marker and resulting marker for Carmen D. Pesante in Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem (Bucks county), Pennsylvania.

 

Carmen registered for the draft in Swissvale, PA on 30 June 1942 and was inducted into the Army at Greensburg, PA on 2 November 1942.

Pvt Pesante was  transferred initially to Camp Pickett, located near the town of Blackstone, VA.  Today it is known as Fort Pickett and is a Virginia Army National Guard installation.
[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, 18 Dec 1942, Fri. Page 28]

Pfc Pesante was transferred from 82nd Division Hq, Leicester England to Service Company, 508th PIR on 5 October 1944.  He was subsequently transferred to Company A on 11 November 1944.

On 7 February 1945, Pfc Pesante was evacuated due to a trench foot condition.  He was unable to return to the company until 29 May 1945.

He was discharged on 21 December 1945 and married Philomena M. Tartagllone in Allegheny county, PA on 27 June 1947

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