Frank Angelastro
Private First Class Frank Angelastro, 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division
Private First Class Frank Angelastro was born on December 11, 1918. He had lived with his parents at 1122 Locust Street in Camden, NJ. He had worked at the New York Shipbuilding Company prior to being inducted into the United States Army. During his service, he served overseas in Iceland and France.
Frank Angelastro was killed in action at the age of 25 on December 9, 1944, while serving with the 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division. There had been confusion concerning his death: he had entered the service on the same day as his cousin, also named Frank Angelastro, and the two men had serial numbers only two digits apart. The Army initially sent a telegram regarding Private Angelastro’s death to the wrong family, informing them that their son had been lost in Europe — which alerted his family to the error, as the second Frank Angelastro was serving in the Pacific. His death was reported in the January 15, 1945 edition of the Camden Courier-Post. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Frank Angelastro was survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Angelastro, and three brothers — John, who had served in the Army Air Force, and Nicholas and Pasquale. After the war, his body was brought home to New Jersey, and he was buried at Calvary Cemetery in what was then Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill), NJ, on December 7, 1948.
Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, NJ
Calvary Cemetery, State Highway 70 & Hampton Road, Cherry Hill, NJ
Services Tuesday For War Hero
Camden Courier-Post —
Solemn high requiem Mass will be sung at 9.30 a. m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel R. C. Church for Pfc. Frank Angelastro, 25, of 1122 Locust street, who was killed in France Dec. 9, 1944. The funeral will be at 9 a. m. from the Mecca funeral home, 819 South Fourth street. Pfc. Angelastro was in the infantry. A native of Camden, he was employed at the New York shipyard before entering the army in 1941.
Pfc. Angelastro is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Angelastro, and three brothers, Pasquale, Nicholas and John, who recently returned home after serving with the army in Germany.