Esposito Nicholas G. "Nick"

Monuments

Waal River Crossing Memorial - 82nd Airborne Division

Name:

Nicholas G. "Nick" Esposito

Rank:

Private First Class

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Unit:

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1944-09-20

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Saint John's Cemetery, Rome, Oneida County, New York

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Nicholas G. "Nick" Esposito was born on March 2, 1920, in Rome, Oneida County, New York. He was the son of Andrea G. Esposito and Maddalena Montana Esposito.

Nicholas served in HQ/3, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. PFC Esposito is now buried in Saint John's Cemetery, Rome, Oneida County, New York, USA, but the death date on his headstone is September 21.