About
Alphonse Francis Cantore was born in Schenectady, New York, on May 11, 1917. After graduating from Mont Pleasant High School in June 1937, he was employed at the Mohican Market on Jay Street.
On April 16, 1942, Alphonse enlisted in the United States Army. He held the rank of Private and served with Company A, 753rd Tank Battalion. On February 11, 1945, Alphonse was killed in Combat in France. He is buried in St. Joseph’s 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