Private George Eyre was killed in action on Oct. 19, 1918. He joined the Army from New Jersey. Pvt. Eyre served with the 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division. He is buried at Plot E, Row 08, Grave 12, at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.
Private George Kalvio, 23, on Oct. 24, 1918
Private First Class William T. Smith was killed in action on Oct. 23, 1918. He joined the Army from New Jersey. Pfc. Smith served with the 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division. He is buried at Plot B, Row 20, Grave 37, at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.
Sgt. Louis Wagner died after an accident in Georgia, on Oct. 2, 1942.
William Gaydos was killed in the Atlantic on Oct. 9, 1943.
Seaman Vincent F. Nucci was KIA Oct. 21, 1943.
2nd Lt. George Skeen died of wounds on Oct. 19, 1944.
Pvt. Giavanni Bocchino was killed in the South Pacific on Oct. 25, 1944.
Pvt. Joseph A. Masi was KIA in France on Oct. 25, 1944.
Pvt. Joseph Zecca was killed in Italy Oct. 29, 1944.
Capt. Louis Jannarone died in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31, 1944.
Lt. (jg) Edward Joseph Zuczek was lost-at-sea in October 1958. The plane went down at sea off Guam. The lost plane was an AJ5P en route from Guam to Manila. Zuczek, 22, enlisted in the Navy in 1954 and took his flight training at Pensacola Naval Air Training Station, Fla. He was a pilot in a heavy photographic squadron.
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Belleville Sons Honor Roll
9.04.2006
TUSKEGEE AIRMAN LOST OVER GERMANY
(Jan. 18, 1945) -- Flight Officer Leonard R. Willette, 22, was declared killed in action this week.
Willette had been listed as missing in action since Sept. 22.
He is the son of Newark Police Lt. and Mrs. Lawrence Willette, of Stephens Street, Belleville.
The young man enlisted in the Army Air Corps while a student at New York University. He entered the service from New Jersey.
He refused an appointment by the late Senator Barbour to West Point in order to get into active combat more quickly.
Willette received his wings in February 1944, at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Ala.
He was a P-51 Mustang pilot based in Italy with the famed 99th Fighter Squadron, 322nd Fighter Group, under command of Col. Benjamin O. Davis.
Willette had been listed as missing in action since Sept. 22.
He is the son of Newark Police Lt. and Mrs. Lawrence Willette, of Stephens Street, Belleville.
The young man enlisted in the Army Air Corps while a student at New York University. He entered the service from New Jersey.
He refused an appointment by the late Senator Barbour to West Point in order to get into active combat more quickly.
Willette received his wings in February 1944, at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Ala.
He was a P-51 Mustang pilot based in Italy with the famed 99th Fighter Squadron, 322nd Fighter Group, under command of Col. Benjamin O. Davis.
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