Louis J Spinozzi - 298th Engineer Combat Battalion, WWII, WW2

Louis J Spinozzi

Chicago Tribune - September 28, 1997
Louis J. Spinozzi, 78, a Riverdale restaurant owner, died Friday in his Elburn home. The Chicago Heights native earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart in the Army in World War II. After the war, he opened Louis and Mario's Restaurant in Riverdale, a business he co-owned for more than 40 years. Survivors include his wife, Dolores; a daughter, Pamela Manning; a son, Thomas; two brothers; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Hirsch Funeral Home's Lincolnway Chapel, 3501 W. Lincoln Highway, Matteson. Mass Monday in St. Lawrence O'Toole Church, 4101 St. Lawrence Ave., Matteson.

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Louis Joseph Spinozzi
BIRTH 16 May 1918 Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois
DEATH 26 Sep 1997 (aged 79) Elburn, Kane County, Illinois
BURIAL Homewood Memorial Gardens
Homewood, Cook County, Illinois
MEMORIAL ID 206595083

National Cemetery Administration
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 05/16/1919
DATE OF DEATH: 09/26/1997
BURIED AT: HOMEWOOD MEMORIAL GARDENS, 600 WEST RIDGE ROAD HOMEWOOD, IL 60430

Listed in the May 1945 Journal:
Lt Col Liedike, Battalion Commander, presents Bronze Star Medals, earned in Hurtgen Forest, to the following named officers and men at a ceremony held at the Bn CP:
S/Sgt Louis J. Spinozzi

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