 WWII
Memorial in Veterans' Park, ((officially Odell Park) in post office
area, at the intersection of Rantoul
Street (Route 1A) and Broadway, on the right when
traveling south on Rantoul Street.
Click for map.
 "Beverly
Men Who Died in the Service of Their Country"
 Pvt
Anthony Rezza Road
in Beverly Farms, Mass., was named in his honor |
WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL
THE CITIZENS OF BEVERLY DEDICATE
THIS MEMORIAL TO
ALL BEVERLY MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED IN AMERICA'S
ARMED FORCES IN WORLD WAR II
THUS BECOMING "VETERANS".
BEVERLY HONORS WITH HEARTFELT
LOVE AND DEEP SENSE OF
LOSS FOR ALL THEIR COMRADES
IN ARMS WHO MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM.
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Headstone application for
Pfc Anthony Rezza, Jr. to be erected in the Beverley Farms Cemetery,
Beverly, Massachusetts.
Anthony enlisted in Boston
MA on 3 March 1943 and following jump school was sent to the 82nd
Airborne Division Replacement Depot in Leicester England. He
was transferred to Hq 2nd Bn, 508th on 5 October 1944.
On 4 January 1945 Pfc Rezza was
reported as Missing In Action as of 24 December 1944. It was
not until 19 May 1945 that he was declared as Killed In Action.
Pfc Rezza was
awarded the Purple Heart posthumously as well as the CIB for the Ardennes Campaign, 18 December 1944
to 26 January 1945.
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