Frank Luccardi - Agawam, MA - World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com

Agawam has placed a series of Purple Heart Trail markers along the southbound, west side of Main Street. Each marker honors a veteran that received the Purple Heart during their military service.

The purple and white sign contains the image the Purple Heart medal on the left side and the inscription:

PURPLE
HEART
TRAIL
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FRANK LUCCARDI US ARMY KIA WWII
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AGAWAM, MA

TEC 5 Frank Luccardi was one of the victims of one of the greatest tragedies of World War II, the sinking of the HMT Rohna. TEC 5 Frank I. Luccardi was attached to the U.S. Army Air Forces, 853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation serving aboard the HMT Rohna, a British India Steam Navigation Company passenger and cargo liner that was requisitioned as a troop carrier ship in 1940. On November 26, 1943 Rohna was attacked and sunk in the Mediterranean by a Henschel Hs 293 radio guided rocket-boosted glide bomb launched by a Luftwaffe aircraft. As a result, 1,138 men were killed, 1015 of whom were US troops. TEC 5 Frank Luccardi is memorialized at the North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

Property Permission: Public Access instructions: Always available Website for Waymark: [Web Link] Location of waymark: Main Street opposite Monroe St. Agawam, MA United States 01001 Commemoration: TEC 5 Frank I. Luccardi Date of Dedication: Not listed Access times: Not listed

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