LOCAL SOLDIER HURT
   IN N, C. MANEUVERS

Word was received here yesterday that Sergt Primo L., Vancini, a member of Co D, 104th infantry regiment, on maneuvers with the 26th division in North Carolina, is in an army hospital as the result of wounds received when struck by the wadding from a blank .30-caliber cartridge.  He resides at 107 Union Street, this city.

[Springfield Republican, Springfield, MA, Oct 25, 1941, page 2]

Primo L. Vancini

   Primo Louis Vancini, 56, '721 Ridgewood Ave, Allandale, was dead on arrival · at Halifax Hospital yesterday afternoon.
   He was born in Springfield, Mass., and had lived here 21 · years, coming from Springfield. He was a carpenter and was employed at Dick's Trailer Sales. He was a veteran of World War II, was a member of American Legion Post 50, Daytona Beach, and a member of The Daytona Beach Drive-in Christian Church.
   He is survived by his widow, Daisy Ruth; three sons - Donald L. and Larry P., both of Allandale, and William Lowery, Port Orange; a brother, Joseph, Springfield; two sisters - Mrs. Robert Steup, Springfield, and Mrs. Joseph Renna, Thompsonville, Conn., and two grandchildren. Baggett-McIntosh Southside Chapel, Port Orange, is in charge.

[Daytona Beach Morning Journal Nov 4, Page 12]

(courtesy of Robert Stanley Orrell)

Grave marker for Primo L. Vancini in the Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach (Volusia county), Florida.

Primo registered for the draft in Springfield, MA on 16 October 1940 and was inducted into the Army at Springfield, MA on 10 March 1941.

Sgt Vancini was included in a list of Sgts in the Yankee Division, 181st ID at Camp Edwards, MA that were promoted to SSgt.
[The Boston Globe, Boston, MA, 21 Apr 1942, Tue, Page 8]

The date of SSgt Vancini's arrival in Service Company, 508th is not known due to unavailability of Morning Reports for that period but is believed to have occurred in 1942.

He was awarded a Good Conduct Medal on 29 July 1943.

On 14 August 1943, SSgt Vancini was sent on Detached Service to the B & G School at Fort Bragg, NC.

He returned from the school and took a furlough returning to duty on 28 October 1943.

That was the last appearance of him in 508th records.

He apparently was transferred at some later date to the 187th Parachute Glider Infantry, perhaps while the two units were both located at Camp Mackall,. NC in 1943.