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SSGT Cosmo Joe Fazzio

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SSGT Cosmo Joe Fazzio

Birth
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Death
9 Apr 1944 (aged 19)
Germany
Burial
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S/Sgt. Cosmo Joseph Fazzio, who was killed on a flight over Germany in 1944, will be reburied in Dallas Monday. He was the son of Mrs. Constance Fazzio of 4527 Rush Avenue and the late Sam Fazzio.

Rosary will be recited at 8 p. m. Sunday at the Fazzio address. The Rt. Rev. John T. Gulczynski, rector, will celebrate a Requiem High Mass at 9:30 a. m. Monday in the Sacred Heart Cathedral. Interment will be in Calvary Hill Cemetery with military honors at the grave.

Sergeant Fazzio was born in Dallas in 1925 and attended Crozier Technical High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1943 and became a gunner on a Flying Fortress based in England.

He received the Purple Heart medal and the Presidential Citation.

Survivors are his mother and four sisters, Mrs. W. A. Dodd and Mrs. Johnny Overturf, both of Dallas; Mrs. Charles M. Mills of East St. Louis, Illinois; and Mrs. A. J. Nigliazzo of Hearne, Robertson County.

Pallbearers will be former servicemen and friends of the sergeant. They are Buster Caravella, Frank Cornwall, Charles Ray Floyd, Anthony Roffino, Lawrence Williams, and Donald Watts.

Dallas News
07-21-1950

d cert: parents: Sam Fazzio, Constance Restivo
S/Sgt. Cosmo Joseph Fazzio, who was killed on a flight over Germany in 1944, will be reburied in Dallas Monday. He was the son of Mrs. Constance Fazzio of 4527 Rush Avenue and the late Sam Fazzio.

Rosary will be recited at 8 p. m. Sunday at the Fazzio address. The Rt. Rev. John T. Gulczynski, rector, will celebrate a Requiem High Mass at 9:30 a. m. Monday in the Sacred Heart Cathedral. Interment will be in Calvary Hill Cemetery with military honors at the grave.

Sergeant Fazzio was born in Dallas in 1925 and attended Crozier Technical High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1943 and became a gunner on a Flying Fortress based in England.

He received the Purple Heart medal and the Presidential Citation.

Survivors are his mother and four sisters, Mrs. W. A. Dodd and Mrs. Johnny Overturf, both of Dallas; Mrs. Charles M. Mills of East St. Louis, Illinois; and Mrs. A. J. Nigliazzo of Hearne, Robertson County.

Pallbearers will be former servicemen and friends of the sergeant. They are Buster Caravella, Frank Cornwall, Charles Ray Floyd, Anthony Roffino, Lawrence Williams, and Donald Watts.

Dallas News
07-21-1950

d cert: parents: Sam Fazzio, Constance Restivo


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  • Created by: Carol Moore
  • Added: Dec 19, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63076096/cosmo_joe-fazzio: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Cosmo Joe Fazzio (13 Oct 1924–9 Apr 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63076096, citing Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Carol Moore (contributor 46944791).