Michael Mignogna
Rank: Private, U.S. Army
Serial: 32077819
Unit: Medical Corps
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, State Highway 70 & Hampton Road, Cherry Hill, NJ
Biography
Grave of Michael Mignogna, Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, NJ
Private Michael Mignogna was born on August 23, 1906 in Pennsylvania, one of eleven children born to Egidio and Ella Mignogna. His father had come to America from Italy in 1898; his mother was a Maryland native. The family moved to Camden, NJ shortly before the January 1920 census, purchasing a house at 310 Benson Street in Camden. By April of 1930 the Mignogna family had moved to another home at 415 Stevens Street. Michael Mignogna had married and was working in construction by this time. Michael Mignogna and his wife Anna lived with his parents at the time of the census. They later moved to a house at 322 West Street in Camden. The Mignognas had two children before he was drafted on August 14, 1942.
Private Mignogna was assigned to a medical unit at Fort Dix, NJ. At 11:30 p.m. on October 21, 1942 he suffered a heart attack and died a few minutes later. Michael Mignogna was survived by his parents, wife, and two children, four brothers—Earl, Joseph, Carmen, and Egidio—and six sisters: Mrs. Emily Zelo, Mrs. Elvera Diorio, Mrs. Helen Casey, Mrs. Beatrice Bruno, and Misses Lucy and Yolanda Mignogna.
Michael Mignogna was buried at Calvary Cemetery in what was then Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill), NJ on October 26, 1942.
Michael Mignogna Is Dead at Fort Dix
Camden Courier-Post —
Private Michael Mignogna, 36, of 322 West street, died suddenly of a heart attack on Wednesday night at Fort Dix Hospital, a telegram to his wife, Anna, announced last night.
Private Mignogna was drafted into the service Aug. 14, and was assigned to the Medical Corps. He was stricken suddenly ill at 11.30 p. m. and died a few minutes later, the message to his wife said.
Also surviving are two children; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Egidio Mignogna; four brothers, Joseph, Earl, Carmen and Egidio; and six sisters, Mrs. Emily Zelo, Mrs. Elvera Diorio, Mrs. Helen Casey, Mrs. Beatrice Bruno, Misses Lucy and Yolanda Mignogna.
Requiem Mass will be held at 10 a. m. Monday at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may meet at the home at 9 a. m.