T/5 Aldino Domenico Stipa
Born: 7 September 1920 – Chicago, Illinois
Parents: Emidio Stipa & Elvira Verdecha-Stipa
Nickname: Dino
Siblings: 1 brother
Home:
– 2032 North Seventy-Second Court – Elmwood Park, Illinois
Education:
– Chicago Public Schools
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1938
Employment: Continental Coffee Company – Chicago, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1941
Contact Person: E. Stipa – mother
Inducted:
– 2 December 1942
– U.S. Army
Serial Number: 36712220
Training:
– Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Unit: 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, 5th Army
Engagements:
– Minturno-Tufo Sector, Italy
– 11 May 1944 – launched an all-out attack by American forces
– 29 May 1944 – moved to Bassano area
Killed in Action:
– 29 May 1944
– vicinity of Bassano, Italy
Buried:
– Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
– Plot: F Row: 3 Grave: 28
Medals:
– Purple Heart
*Note: Aldino Stipa’s parents returned to Italy after they retired
