OSS Grasso, Rocco Thomas

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Grasso ​

• FORENAME

Rocco Thomas​

• UNIT

U.S. Army OSS Italian Group 4 ​

• RANK

Technician Fifth Class ​

• NUMBER

12192840 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

25th September 1943 ​

• AGE

19 ​

• GRAVESITE

St Joseph's Cemetery, Babylon, Suffolk County, New York ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Queens County, New York​

born 21.4.1924, Babylon, New York, USA​

father Frank Grasso​

mother Angelina (nee Ascoli) Grasso (1896-1976)​

graduated St. Joseph's Parochial School​

graduated Babylon High School​

4 years high school​

civil occupation Foremen​

employed by Drus​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

1942 draft card Babylon, New York​

03.12.1942 entered service New York City, New York​

award Bronze Star (posthumous), Croix de Guerre with Palm (Fr), Purple Heart​

KIA Corsica​

OSS Memorial, CIA HQ, McLean, Virginia​

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