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PRIVATE
FIRST CLASS VICTOR J. DI RICO was born on February 8, 1922. He attended
Camden High School prior to being inducted into the Army in October of
1842. Assigned to the 51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division, he went overseas in December of 1943, and he was
killed in action on September 18, 1944 in France.
Victor Di
Rico was survived by his mother, Beatrice Villanova, of 231 Sycamore
Street in Camden NJ, and a brother Emilio, who was then serving with the
Army in a medical unit. His death was reported in the October 4, 1944
edition of the Camden Courier-Post.
Private First Class Di Rico's body was returned to the United States
after the war. he was buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly NJ
on December 9, 1948.
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