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Joseph Revelia, the son of Dominick and Angelina (Morello) Revelia, was born on July 26, 1900, in Lucignano, Italy. As a young child, he immigrated to the United States with his parents. Throughout the years between the two wars, Joseph, who had also served in World War l, had worked for the East End Coal Company.
Two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Joseph reenlisted in the United States Army. He held the rank of Sergeant and was part of the 31st Infantry Regiment. Joseph was taken prisoner of war while stationed on the Philippine Islands. Joseph died from dysentery on June 26, 1942, while he was a prisoner in the Cabanatuan prison camp. He is buried in the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Niskayuna, 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