S/Sgt. ANTONIO PAGNOTTAVO 11032724 KIA US Army Air Corps
STAFF SERGEANT ANTONIO PAGNOTTAVO 11032724 KIA US Army Air Corps. Sergeant Pagnottavo attended Haverhill High School and Haverhill Trade School. He was employed at the Gerber Shoe Co., Lawrence, before entering the Army in September, 1941. He received his basic training in the South, and graduated from the Air Force Technical Training School at Scott Field, Ill. He went overseas late in 1942 to serve as a radio technician with the ground forces crew attached to the 15th Air Force. He served in England, North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. He served in the 489th Bomb. Sqdn., 340th Bomb Grp., 8th Air Force was killed in action in Corsica in the Mediterranean Campaign, on May 13, 1944, during an air raid. Seroeant Paonottavo is buried in Corsica. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Achille Pagnottavo, of 645 River st., two brothers, and one sister.
1- Haverhill Massachusetts – Haverhill in World War Two