Grave marker for 1/Lt Salvatore S. Corma in Section XXXV1 Site D-109C of the  United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point (Orange County), New York

1st Lt. Salvatore Simplicio Corma of Wenonah, New Jersey grew up Wenonah where he attended St. Margaret Regional School in Woodbury Heights from first through eighth grade. He graduated from St. Augustine Preparatory School after which he went to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Because of his love for the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he told his parents he wanted to take Karate lessons. He was only five years old at the time. In just two years at age seven, Salvatore had earned an adult black belt, and by age twelve he had a third degree black belt in Tang Soo Do. At age sixteen, he won a silver medal in a national karate competition. The well rounded youth also played roller hockey, baseball, and football in addition to playing the accordion and guitar and participating in the Boy Scouts. The son of Salvatore and Gertrude Corma was constantly re-inventing himself.

He died on April 24, 2010 at Forward Operating Base Bullard, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using improvised explosive devices.

His Awards and Decorations include, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the NATO Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Basic Parachutist's Badge, and the Ranger Tab.

Lt. Corma was a member of the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.