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| Pfc. Stephen Pipito served in the HQ company in the 8th Infantry Regiment's 1st Battalion. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146618197/stephen-a-pipito https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nycp9_bvJZM |
Stephen A. Pipito never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on February 6, 1918 in New Jersey. His father George was born in Pennsylvania (of Italian born parents) and his mother Margaret was born in Italy. His father worked as a soda fountain proprietor which converted to a tavern after prohibition ended. Stephen had three younger brothers. Stephen was married an his wife's name was Helen (I don't know her maiden name).
Younger brother Michael joined the US Navy just after Pearl Harbor and survived the war. Stephen was drafted into the US Army on January 29, 1942. He became a private first class in the headquarters company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division (Nicknamed Ivy Division).
The 4th ID landed on Utah Beach on D-Day. It participated in the capture of Cherbourg. It next took part in fighting near Periers which lasted from July 6 to July 12. Pfc. Pipito was killed in action on July 9, 1944.
His grave is at Calvary Cemetery in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. I don't know what happened to his widow, past the time she signed for his army headstone application in 1948.
Last year on this date I profiled C-47 copilot Fred Mentzer, who transferred from flying bombers after 50 missions. You can read about Fred here.
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.
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