Lt Robert J. De Lorenzo, 90th Infantry Division, Cenotaph
Details:
At the DeLorenzo-Ventalon family grave plot. Cenotaph
An inscribed dark marble civilian grave. The grave includes a picture of LT DeLorenzo and a copy of his Military Intelligence training certificate.
The cenotaph of Lieutenant Robert Jean DeLorenzo Jr. of the Intelligence Section of the 90th "Tough Hombres" Infantry Division who was KIA in Sainte Mere Elise (Normandy) on June 13, 1944.
LT DeLorenzo was the son of WW1 Veteran Corporal Robert DeLorenzo (5th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division) who was gassed and met his French Nurse wife, Marie Ventalon, during the First World War. After the war Robert and Marie returned to the US and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Robert Jr. was born in 1919 and returned several times to study in France before the war. He was wounded on June 12, 1944 and died the next day.
A Stained glass window also remembers him in the town church of St. Pierre. See site Brassac-les-Mines Église Saint Pierre for more information.
Source:
https://airborne-museum.org/en
https://www.lamontagne.fr/
Monument Text:
The text on the grave is inscribed in French:
LIEUTENANT
Robert Jean DeLORENZO
MORT POUR LA FRANCE
ET LES ETAS-UNIS
A SAINTE MERE-EGLISE
LE 13 JUIN 1944
A L'AGE 24 ANS
Translation:
Lieutenant
Robert Jean DeLorenzo
Died for France
and the United States
at Sainte Mere Eglise
on 13 Juin 1944
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
90th Division
90th Infantry Division
Wars:
WWI
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
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