Rocco S. Mancuso

Private First Class, U.S. Army
Serial: 32951197
135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division

Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: February 7, 1944
Buried at: Plot H Row 5 Grave 8
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy

Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Rocco S. Mancuso was born in 1924 to Frank and May Mancuso. He was named for his paternal grandfather, Rocco Mancuso. He lived for most of his life in Camden, New Jersey, at 835 York Street in North Camden. His father was a machinist at a mill in Camden, and Rocco Mancuso worked as a machine operator in a factory prior to being inducted into the Army.

Rocco Mancuso was killed in action while serving in Italy on February 7, 1944.