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Floyd D'Amico, the son of Carl and Julia (Palleschi) D'Amico, was born on October 22, 1923, in Schenectady, New York. He attended Schenectady Schools and was employed by the American Locomotive Company.
On January 5, 1942, Floyd enlisted in the United States Army. He held the rank of Private First Class and served with the 231st QuarterMaster Salvage Company. Floyd was traveling on a plane carrying United States service members who were sick or injured to hospitals in Paris, France. In one of its two engines, Flight C-46D caught fire and crashed close to the village of Taillefontaine, near Paris. Together with the four-person flight crew and 40 other people, Floyd died in the "Line of Duty." He is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Colonie, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry