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PRIVATE
LEONE SEBASTIANO was born in Bisano, near Cataina on the Italian island
of Sicily on October 10, 1889. He had served in the Italian army prior
to emigrating to America. Leone Sebastiano arrived in America on
November 26, 1910 aboard the White Star line steamship Romanic, having
sailed from Naples, Italy on November 12.
Leone
Sebastiano does not appear in the 1914 Camden City Directory, but came
to Camden not long after it was compiled. When he registered for the
draft on June 5, 1917 Leone Sebastiano was working as an "oil
rubber" at the Victor Talking Machine Company factory in Camden. He
made his home at 218 Stevens
Street. He was inducted into the United States Army at Camden on
October 8, 1917. Initially assigned to Company K, 311th Infantry
Regiment, he was transferred to Company H, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Infantry Division on December 13, 1917. Private Sebastiano went overseas
with his unit on April 2, 1918.
Private
Sebastiano was killed in action during the Second Battle of the Marne.
He was survived by his mother, who was still living in Sicily.
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