Casamento, Anthony, Cpl

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Corporal
Last Primary MOS
0332-Heavy Machine Gunner
Last MOSGroup
Infantry
Primary Unit
1946-1946, D Co, 1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5)
Service Years
1940 - 1945
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Corporal
One Hash Mark

 Last Photo 
 Personal Details 

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Home State
New York
New York
Year of Birth
1920
 
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Contact Info
Last Address
Long Island N.Y.
Date of Passing
Jul 27, 1987
 
Location of Interment
Pinelawn National Cemetery (VA) - Long Island, New York

 Official Badges 

French Fourragere WW II Honorable Discharge Pin US Marine Corps Honorable Discharge (Original)


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Golden Dragon


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
North Shore Queens; Detachment 240National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1960, Marine Corps League, North Shore Queens; Detachment 240 (Immediate Past Golden Rodent) (Whitestone, New York)
  1987, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

Recived his medal Of Honor From President Jimmy Carter after 38 years in 1980 for action on Guadaicanal Co D 1st Bat. 5th Marines, 1st Marine Div.

   
Other Comments:

I have had the honor to exchanged manny war stories with Tony Casamento at the North Shore Marine Corps League Detachment Long Island before he recived his M.O.H. He was wounded multiple times Resting Place Pinelawn National Cementary  Farmingdale L.I.

Long Island named a stree after him Cpl.Tony Casmento Photo of the sign enclosed .

   

  1940, Boot Camp (Parris Island, SC), B
School
Boot Camp (Parris Island, SC)

Company
B

Platoon
Not Specified

Start Date 
Jan, 1940
 

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  82 Also There at This Training:
Name Co Ptn Start Date
Balduck, Remi August, Cpl, (1940-1942) B Jan, 1940
Barber, William E, Col, (1940-1970) B Jan, 1940
Barber, William Earl, Col, (1940-1970) B Jan, 1940
Bellat, Joseph Steve, PltSgt, (1940-1944) B Jan, 1940
Bogdovich, Stanley, Pvt, (1943-1943) B Jan, 1940
Bond, Jerry M., Sgt, (1940-1945) B Jan, 1940
Briggs, Nelson, PFC B Jan, 1940
Burdo, Ronald Allen, PFC, (1940-1942) B Jan, 1940
Casamento, Anthony, Cpl, (1940-1942) B Jan, 1940
Chamberlin, George E., LtCol, (1942-1964) B Jan, 1940
Cook, Dallas Harry, Sgt, (1940-1942) B Jan, 1940
Decker, Ernest, Sgt B Jan, 1940
Fennell, John Bright, Cpl, (1940-1945) B Jan, 1940
Fiske, Richard, Sgt, (1940-1948) B Jan, 1940
Flint, Paul George, SgtMaj, (1940-1968) B Jan, 1940
French, Neldon Theo, Cpl, (1940-1942) B Jan, 1940
Frybarger, Raymond M, PFC, (1940-1942) B Jan, 1940
Gagnon, Leo M, Pvt, (1940-1942) B Jan, 1940
Hudspeth, Daniel W, Sgt, (1940-1942) B Jan, 1940
Humphrey, Robert, Pvt, (1940-1946) B Jan, 1940
McPhatter, William Harold, Pvt, (1940-1946) B Jan, 1940
Nye, Louis, Pvt, (1940-1946) B Jan, 1940
Warner, Walter Maurice, Sgt, (1939-1947) B Jan, 1940
Ackerman, Warren Richard, PFC, (1940-1944) Jan, 1940
Anderson, Edwin Pershing, Cpl, (1940-1944) Jan, 1940
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