Pvt. Parise Will Have Army Rites

Full military rites will be held Saturday for Pvt. Michael S. Parise, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincenzo Salvatore Parise of East Syracuse, R. D. 2, who was killed in action Aug. 3, 1943, in Sicily during the Mediterranean campaign. Services will be conducted at 8:45 a.m. in the Pirro & Sons funeral home and at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter's Church where the Rev. Angelo Strazzoni will celebrate a solemn high mass of requiem. The James H. Spire Post 287, Cicero, will conduct services in Assumption Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 10 p.m. today and from 2 to 5 and 7 until 10 p.m. tomorrow. Before entering service June 3,1942, Pvt. Parise attended East Syracuse schools. He was employed by an East Syracuse paper factory. Surviving, besides his parents, are four brothers, Joseph of Syracuse, Vincenzo of Norwich, John and Phillip of East Syracuse, four sisters, Mrs. Joseph Favorita of Norwich, Mrs. Thomas Martin of Clay, Mrs. John Martin and Miss Maria Parise of East Syracuse, several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. (Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY, Thursday, July 29, 1948, p. 28, Col 3)

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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #32288738

Enlistment Date: 06/03/1942

B Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Michael S. Parise is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Onondaga County, New York.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as East Syracuse, R.D. #2, Dewitt, Onondaga County, New York. Contact person listed as R. T. Stokes, East Syracuse, R.D. #1 (Wife). Place of birth listed as Syracuse, New York on 11/24/1921. Employed by National Cellulose Corporation, East Syracuse, New York, DeWitt, Onondaga County, New York as of 02/14/1942 registration date.

U.S., World War II Jewish Servicemen Cards, 1942-1947 lists death notice sent 11/10/1943 to Mr. Samuel S. Parise (Father) of Route 2, East Syracuse, New York. Source of information is War Department Release dated 10/28/1943, Page 224.

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 lists form signed for by Vincenzo S. Parise, R.D. #2, East Syracuse, New York on 07/31/1948.

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