- SURNAME
Laudisio
- FORENAME
Mario Louis
- UNIT
formerly 1st Marine Parachute Regiment
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
274510
- DATE OF DEATH
24th February 1945
- AGE
23
- GRAVESITE
Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York, USA. Plot H,9322
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 25.03.1921 Union Vale, New York, USA
22.09.1939 entered service
Next of kin - Father, Mr. Louis Laudisio, 507 Avenue U, Brooklyn, New York
KIA Iwo Jima, Japan
posthumous Silver Star
DATE OF DEATH:
24-Feb-1945CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Mario L. Laudisio (MCSN: 274150), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a Platoon Guide, serving with Company G, Third Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marines, FIFTH Marine Division, during operations on enemy Japanese-held Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 24 February 1945. When his platoon sergeant and platoon leader became casualties, Sergeant Laudisio immediately took charge and ran from cover to cover under heavy enemy machine-gun and sniper fire, placing to the aid of one of his squad leaders struck down by hostile machine-gun fire, Sergeant Laudisio dragged the wounded man into a shell hole and, although mortally wounded during this action, refused aid for himself until all efforts to save his companion had failed. His heroic spirit of self-sacrifice was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
