PVT Generose Joseph Della Sala was born 7 Nov1917 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the second of the nine children born to Mario and Sosie Della Sala. Both of his parents (and his older brother) were natives of Avelino, Italy and had immigrated in 1916. Mario supported his family by working a number of jobs.
Drafted in January 1942 Generose was sent to the European theater after completing his 5 months of basic military training and assigned to I Company 116th Infantry, he trained for the invasion of "fortress Europe" with that unit and made the amphibious assault with that unit. Wounded on 17 Jun 1944, he was evacuated to the hospital. On 25 Jul 1944 he was transferred from the replacement depot back to the unit. On 29 Jul 1944 he was wounded again and again evacuated to hospital. He died of his wounds on 3 Aug 1944.
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