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During World War II a banner with a gold star was presented to the families of the fallen. Over 421,000 Americans from large urban areas to small rural communities perished between 1941 and 1945 when the World was at war. Rome, New York is one of the many communities spread across the United States that had its young people participate in this war and some of these individuals did not return alive. These are the fallen. This web site provides short profiles about the fallen from Rome, NY.
There are currently 86 fallen who have been identified. You can find their stories by clicking the links below.
Completed Stories
Galluppi, Joseph A.
Genovese, Joseph
Holland, Robert F.
Janik, Frank
Kraeger, Norbert D.
Landers, John J.
Maney, Frederick Bronson
Mannino, John P.
Miller, Robert P.
Below is a list of those fallen from the Rome, NY area that have not yet had their stories written. (If you notice someone missing please contact Jim Greenberg at jim@oneonta.edu).
Narehood, Charles B. (from Madison County)
Paduch, Theodore (in progress)
Palzer, James D.
Pawlowski, Edward
Pettinelli, Arthur A
Pinti, Carino Harry
Pitts, Hobart E.
Pycior, Frank B.
Romano, Anthony
Rose, Donald G.
Salce, Joseph F.
Scalero, Tony D
Schaffner, David W.
Schrider, Karl W.
Schacter, Joseph
Shepard, Clarence C.
Simons, Leslie James
Skibitski, Peter P
Smaldon, James Jr.
Smith, John Watson
Smith, Edward L
Southworth, Billy Jr.
Stillman, Myron L
Swanson, Clarence. H.
Szur, Stanley A.
Tagliaferri, Vincent J.
Taylor, Arthur J.
Telesca, Leslie T.
Thomas, Robert Owen
Thompson, Murray G.
Tritsch, F. Arthur Jr.
Turner, Kenneth J.
Tuthill, Merton C.
Vertucci, Frank
Wales, Leonard H.
Watters, Lyle
Yaworski, Michael
This list of names appeared in the Rome Daily Sentinel, May 7, 1945 on pages 6, 7.
Rome Free Academy, one of the larger high schools in the Rome, NY area lost 30 members during the war. Their names are enshrined in memorials at the school and in past yearbooks.
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