Order Sons of Italy WWII Memorial - Winema Cemetery - Weed, CA
N 41° 26.427 W 122° 23.017
10T E 551492 N 4587835
This WWII memorial lies within Winema Cemetery, just off Hwy 97 and just north of Weed, CA.
Waymark Code: WMJ8R8
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2013
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Within Winema Cemetery, a very-well-maintained cemetery, lies a WWII memorial made of white marble and in the shape of a tree. The memorial was dedicated by the Order Sons of Italy, an Italian American fraternal organization founded in 1905.
The following inscription is etched on the marble scroll:
DEDICATED TO
OUR MEMBERS WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SERVICE
OF THEIR COUNTRY
WORLD WAR 2SGT. JULIAN TOSI
LT. ITALO BARBIERI
MM 1C LEANDRO C. BORTOLAZZO
Winema Cemetery encompasses a large number of Italian American graves of individuals who settled this area over 100 years ago. I was able to locate additional information regarding these three servicemen listed on the memorial from FindaGrave.com. The following information for each serviceman:
Julian Tosi
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 39414390
856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: California
Died: 20-Jun-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
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BARBIERI, ITALO V
SECOND LT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF DEATH: 09/27/1944
BURIED AT: SECTION C SITE 283
GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL CEMETERY
1300 SNEATH LANE SAN BRUNO, CA 94066
(650) 589-7737
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Leandro Corrado Bortolazzo
A newspaper obit mentions he died in Greenland while serving with the Coast Guard on November 29, 1945. His funeral service wasn't held until November 15, 1947. He was 27 years and 28 days old at the time of his passing.