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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
ANTHONY E. FLAMINI was the son of Francisco and Filomena Flamini, who
had emigrated from Italy. The Flaminis had met and married in the USA.
At the time of the 1930 census, the Flamini family lived at 613 South 3rd
Street in Camden NJ. The elder Flamini was then working as a laborer at
the Camden Coke plant. Born on June 14, 1925, he was the sixth of eight
children. Anthony Flamini came
after Jerry, Leon, Marie, Rudolph, and George, and before Helen and
Elvira. In 1930, two doors down, at 609 South 3rd Street, lived the
D'Agostino family. Their oldest son,
John
J. D'Agostino, also died while serving with the United States Army
during World War II.
Anthony Flamini grew up on
South 3rd Street. He had attended
Woodrow Wilson High
School on Federal Street in Camden NJ, and worked for the William S.
Scull Co. prior to being drafted into the United States
Army.
In December of 1943
Anthony Flamini was training at Camp Croft SC. An infantry radioman, he had been
overseas for five months when he was killed
in action on July 9, 1944, while serving in Italy. His death was reported in the
September 25, 1944
edition of the Camden Courier-Post. He was 19 at the time of his death. He was survived
by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flamini, of the South 3rd Street address,
and his brothers and sisters. His brother, Corporal Rudolph Flamini, was
serving with the Army Air Force at the time of Anthony Flamini's death.
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