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Costantino Joseph "Connie" Paone, the son of James and Antoinette (Nardo) Paone, was born on April 17, 1919, in Schenectady, New York. He worked for the Pleasant Valley Packing Company and went to Mont Pleasant High School.
On April 11, 1942, Costantino enlisted in the United States Army and was trained in Camp Chaffee in Texas and Camp Cooke in California. He held the rank of Corporal and served with Headquarters Company, 9th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division. On December 17, 1944, Costantino was killed in combat in France. He is buried in St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Schenectady, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon