Dominic P. Montemurro
Left: Woodrow Wilson High School Yearbook, 1935. Right: Dominic P. Montemurro.
Rank: Private, U.S. Army
Serial: 32958161
Unit: Company K, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died: , Italy
Burial: New St. Mary’s Cemetery, 515 West Browning Road, Bellmawr, NJ
Awards: Purple Heart
Biography
Private Dominic P. Montemurro was born in January of 1917 in Sicklerville, NJ, to Joseph and Caroline Montemurro. Joseph Montemurro had come to New Jersey in 1901 from Italy and supported his family by working at a radio factory. His wife had arrived in 1905. Joseph and Caroline married the following year, and by 1930 were living at 1831 South 6th Street in Camden, NJ. Dominic Montemurro was the fourth of five children. He attended Hatch Junior High School and was a 1935 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, NJ, where he played on the varsity football team from his sophomore year on. He also took part in many other school activities.
Woodrow Wilson High School Yearbook, 1935.
Prior to his induction into the United States Army, Dominic Montemurro had married, and lived with his wife Rose at 495 Newton Avenue. He had worked for the Randolph Chevrolet dealership on Haddon Avenue in Camden, and the Penn-Jersey Shipyard, also in Camden, NJ. His father, Joseph Montemurro, passed away in 1942 and was buried at New St. Mary’s Cemetery in Bellmawr, NJ.
After serving in North Africa, Private Montemurro went to Italy as a member of the 34th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on September 13, 1944, during the two-week-long battle for control of Hill 810, north of Livorno, a key point in the Gothic Line fortifications that the German army had constructed to defend northern Italy.
Dominic Montemurro was survived by his wife Rose, mother Caroline, sister Lucy, and brothers Peter, John, and Anthony. John Montemurro was at the time serving in France, and Anthony was serving at Fort Monmouth, NJ. He was brought home to New Jersey and was buried by his father at New St. Mary’s Cemetery in Bellmawr. He now rests with his parents and sister, Louise Levy.
The Montemurro family home at 1831 South 6th Street, Camden, NJ. Photograph taken December 24, 2002.
Pvt. Montemurro Burial Rites Set
Camden Courier-Post —
Requiem high Mass for Pvt. Dominic P. Montemurro will be celebrated Saturday at 9 a.m. in Sacred Heart R.C. Church. Relatives and friends will meet at 8 a.m. in the Holl funeral home, 811 Cooper street, where they may call Friday night. Burial will be in New St. Mary’s cemetery, Bellmawr.
Military rites will be conducted by J.W. Booz post 274, American Legion, of Camden.
Private Montemurro was killed in Italy Sept. 13, 1944, at the age of 26. He was serving with an infantry unit in the Fifth army, 34th division. Entering the army Oct. 9, 1943, he served in Africa and then in Italy. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.
Born in Sicklerville, he had resided with his parents at 1831 South Sixth street and was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High school where he played football. He had worked for Randolph Chevrolet Co. and the Penn-Jersey shipyard.
Surviving are his mother, Caroline, of the Sixth street address; two sisters, Mrs. Louise Levy, Merchantville, and Mrs. Lucy Nazzarro, Philadelphia, and three brothers, Peter, Anthony, who was with the signal corps, and John, who served five years in the infantry. All reside in Camden.
Photos
Grave of Dominic P. Montemurro at New St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bellmawr, NJ.