Santo A. Caruso was born in 1923 to Angeline C. Raneri, who resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He resided in Pennsylvania prior to the war and enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 8, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the manufacture of automobiles and also as Single, without dependents.

Santo served in the 509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and Gunner on the B-17G #44-8639 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 8, 1945, when his airplane clipped the high ground on a ridgeside, then skidded along the mountainside of Craig Cwm Llwyd near Barmouth, Wales, and burst into flames. His B-17 was returning to the United States following the conclusion of hostilities in Europe. They were flying from Polebrook in Northamptonshire to the RAF Valley Airfield on Anglesey before the final leg back to the United States. All men aboard his plane were killed as a result of the crash.

SSgt Caruso is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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