Cavallaro Nick A.

Monuments

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Plaque

Trois-Ponts American Soldiers Plaque -508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Name:

Nick A. Cavallaro

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

15114204

Unit:

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne

Date of Death:

1945-01-03

State:

West Virginia

Cemetery:

Holy Cross Cem., Clarksburg, West Virginia

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Nicoangelo "Nick" Cavallaro was born on October 29, 1920, in Pezzolo, Italy. He arrived with his family at Ellis Island in New York in August of 1922. The family settled in present-day Anmoore, West Virginia. Before enlisting shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Cavallaro worked for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (PPG). He was sent to Tunisia with the 505th PIR and then served as an invaluable asset to his unit as a translator during the Sicilian and Italian campaigns. Cavallaro was killed (at age 23) while serving with Company I of the 505th during the unit's assault of Fosse, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge and is now buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Clarksburg, West Virginia.