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CORPORAL ORLANDO J.
CALABRESE was born in Camden NJ in 1929 to Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Calabrese. The Calabrese family lived at 710 South 4th Street, and were
members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. He attended the Our Lady of
Mount Carmel School, Camden Catholic High
School, Camden County Vocational
School, and he is wearing a Woodrow Wilson High School sweater in the
picture.
Orlando Calabrese joined
the Army on January 17, 1949. After training at Fort Pickett VA and Fort
Lewis WA, he was sent overseas, where he was assigned to Company I, 38th
infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action while
defending the Pusan perimeter in Korea on September 8, 1950.
Corporal Calabrese was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.
He was survived by his parents, brother Frank, and four sisters, Mrs.
Connie Arriviello, Mrs. Carmela Tarcelli, and Misses Josephine and Marie
Calabrese.
His body was returned to
New Jersey in July of 1951, and he was buried locally. |
