Tec 5 Angelo Foggia was killed in action near Puis, France on 19 June 1944 by a German S-mine. Their unit from the 999th Signal Service Company had landed at Utah Beach during the Normandy Invasion and had moved inland to establish communications sites. Angelo Foggia, Tec 4 Joe Groody, and 1st Lt Joseph Schuster were scouting for an antennae site when one of them tripped the hidden S-mine which killed Foggia and Groody and wounded Schuster. Groody was killed instantly while Foggia was severely wounded but died before medics could arrive.
I know this because my uncle, Sergeant Mike Connolly was present and held the wounded Angelo Foggia as he died. My Uncle told me the story several times and also wrote it in his memoirs. Foggia and Groody were buried at the site and Schuster was evacuated. Following the war families were given the choice of whether to bring the bodies home or have them buried in the U.S. Cemetery at Normandy. The Foggia family chose to have Angelo's remains returned to the States for burial in the family plot in New Jersey.
Bio contributed by Craig Connolly #47444799
I know this because my uncle, Sergeant Mike Connolly was present and held the wounded Angelo Foggia as he died. My Uncle told me the story several times and also wrote it in his memoirs. Foggia and Groody were buried at the site and Schuster was evacuated. Following the war families were given the choice of whether to bring the bodies home or have them buried in the U.S. Cemetery at Normandy. The Foggia family chose to have Angelo's remains returned to the States for burial in the family plot in New Jersey.
Bio contributed by Craig Connolly #47444799
Tec 5 Angelo Foggia was killed in action near Puis, France on 19 June 1944 by a German S-mine. Their unit from the 999th Signal Service Company had landed at Utah Beach during the Normandy Invasion and had moved inland to establish communications sites. Angelo Foggia, Tec 4 Joe Groody, and 1st Lt Joseph Schuster were scouting for an antennae site when one of them tripped the hidden S-mine which killed Foggia and Groody and wounded Schuster. Groody was killed instantly while Foggia was severely wounded but died before medics could arrive.
I know this because my uncle, Sergeant Mike Connolly was present and held the wounded Angelo Foggia as he died. My Uncle told me the story several times and also wrote it in his memoirs. Foggia and Groody were buried at the site and Schuster was evacuated. Following the war families were given the choice of whether to bring the bodies home or have them buried in the U.S. Cemetery at Normandy. The Foggia family chose to have Angelo's remains returned to the States for burial in the family plot in New Jersey.
Bio contributed by Craig Connolly #47444799
I know this because my uncle, Sergeant Mike Connolly was present and held the wounded Angelo Foggia as he died. My Uncle told me the story several times and also wrote it in his memoirs. Foggia and Groody were buried at the site and Schuster was evacuated. Following the war families were given the choice of whether to bring the bodies home or have them buried in the U.S. Cemetery at Normandy. The Foggia family chose to have Angelo's remains returned to the States for burial in the family plot in New Jersey.
Bio contributed by Craig Connolly #47444799
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