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Carmine Renzo, the son of Cosimo and Maria (Patierno) Renzo, was born around 1897, in Dugeuta, Italy. He arrived in the United States on the Perugia on June 8, 1913. His final destination was Schenectady, where he settled on Davis Terrace.
On July 20, 1917, Carmine enlisted in the United States Army and attended training at Camp Syracuse in New York. He held the rank of Private First Class and served with the Machine Gun Company, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, A.E.F. On September 1, 1917, Carmine departed for foreign shores aboard the USS Pocahontas (SP-3044). Carmine died on July 23, 1918, from wounds sustained during 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