GM 2 cl Tillio Santangelo, US Navy
412 Florence St., Mamaroneck

Age: 22
Attended Mamaroneck Avenue School and Mamaroneck High School
Graduated from Bellows High School, Class of 1942, Voted “Most Musical Member”
Awards: Purple Heart
Gunner’s Mate 2class Santangelo was killed on April 22, 1945, off the coast of Okinawa, when his ship, the USS Isherwood, was hit by a kamikaze plane. GM 2 cl Santangelo is buried in the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.