Francesconi H. Ezzi
Staff Sergeant Francesconi H. Ezzi, U.S. Army
Staff Sergeant Francesconi H. Ezzi, known as Frank, was the son of Alfonso and Nicoletta Ezzi, who had both emigrated to America from Italy. The eighth of thirteen children, he had been born in Pennsylvania in 1917. The family moved to Camden, NJ, around 1926, and in 1930 the Ezzi family was renting a home at 338 Chestnut Street. The family later moved to Pine Street in Camden, living at 248 and later 412 Pine Street.
Frank Ezzi attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden and had worked for the Continental Can Company and Campbell Soup. He had gone into the Army in 1939 and had been discharged, only to be drafted in April of 1941. He went overseas in December of 1941.
Staff Sergeant Ezzi was killed in action at St. Lo, France, on July 10, 1944. He was 27 years old. He was survived by his wife, the former Anna Vaneria; his daughter, Frances Ezzi; his parents; four brothers — William, Albert, and Corporals James and Arthur Ezzi — and eight sisters. Two of his brothers were serving in the Army at the time. His death was reported in the August 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Staff Sergeant Ezzi was brought home after the war and in April of 1948 was buried at Calvary Cemetery in what was then Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill), NJ, where he rests next to his parents. Many thanks to Staff Sergeant Ezzi’s daughter, Frances Ezzi Haney, for her assistance with this page.
Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, NJ
Calvary Cemetery, State Highway 70 & Hampton Road, Cherry Hill, NJ
S/Sgt. Francis H. Ezzi Funeral Set Monday
Camden Courier-Post —
Solemn requiem high Mass for S/Sgt. Francis H. Ezzi, 248 Pine street, will be celebrated at 9.30 a. m. Monday in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Relatives and friends will meet at the home at 9 a. m. and friends may also call there Sunday night. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery, under direction of Antonio Mecca.
A former employe of Campbell Soup Co., Ezzi enlisted in the Army in 1939, went overseas in 1941 and was killed at St. Lo, France, on July 10, 1944. He was 27.
Surviving are his parents, Alfonso and Nicoletta; four brothers, William, Albert, James and Arthur, and eight sisters, Mrs. Santina Amurri, Mrs. Mary Schuda, Mrs. Julia Kaweczak, Mrs. Anna Levecchia, Mrs. Adeline De Marco, Mrs. Pauline Castellano, Mrs. Monica Sharp and Miss Delores Ezzi, all of Camden.