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SSGT JOSEPH C. LAZZARO

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Grave marker for SSgt Joseph C. Lazzaro at Plot F Row 3 Grave 43 in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Joseph initially enlisted in the Army on 24 February 1933 and served in Company L, 10th Infantry.  Honorably discharged on 1 June 1933 he transferred to the National Guard.

With the outbreak of WWII the Guard was activated and Joseph was called to active duty. SSgt Lazarro arrived in Service Company

SSgt Lazzaro was killed in action on June 15, 1944 and was awarded the Purple Heart.

In fact 2 - according to an entry in David Pike's book AIRBORNE IN NOTTINGHAM, [page 14] pn about D-Day +3, SSgt Lazzaro's body was found hanging from a tree due to a snagged chute. The Germans had repeatedly bayoneted him.

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