Military Record Service Card And Compensation Application Emilio Squitiere 1918-1934

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Card, front: "Squitiere, Emilio"; army serial number "3,353,926"; "White"; application no. "134066 approved" [also "597"]. Residence "324 W Lancaster Ave, Wayne, Delaware, Pennsylvania." Inducted at "LB 35 Philadelphia Pa., July 18, 1918." Place of birth "Salerno Italy." Age or date of birth "Sept. 24, 1895." Organizations: "Co M 57 Pion Inf to Aug 8/18; Co C 54 Pion Inf to Nov 21/18; Hq Co 54 Pion Inf to disch." Grade "Pvt." Wounds "None." Served overseas "Aug 29/18 to June 26/19." Honorably discharged on demobilization "July 1/19." Disabled "0 per cent." Back: printed rules; War Department stamp; "14142."

Application (stamped received 17 Feb 1934, Penna. Veterans' Compensation Bureau): County of Philadelphia, "Emilio Squitiere"; served "7/18/18 to 7/1/19"; (3) legal residence at entry "124 [324?] E [W?] Lancaster Ave, Wayne Pa"; (4) present residence "2226 Pierce St, Phila. Pa."; (5) inducted at "Camp Wadsworth on 7/18/18"; (7) place and date of birth "Salerno Italy" [date not written]; (8) dependents: wife "Rose D'Angelo [Cess?] Squitiere"; minor children "Anthony & Gloria"; mother "Philomena Squitiere"; father "Alejandro [Alexander] Squitiere"; (9) service "Headquarters Co. 54 Pioneer Inf., 7/18/18 to 7/1/19"; (10) "Private"; (11) engagements "Meuse & Argonne offensive"; (12) wounds "no"; (13) overseas "8/29/18 to 6/26/19"; (14) discharged "7/1/19 at Camp Dix N.J."; (15) bonus from another state "no"; (16) refusal of duty "no." Sworn 13 February 1934; certificate of identification by Albert M. Peeples [?], Adjutant, Thomas B. Wanamaker Post 661, American Legion, 15 February 1934. Computed "11 Months at \$10.00 per month; Total \$110.00."

Plain reading

Private Emilio Squitiere, born at Salerno, Italy, 24 September 1895, served from 18 July 1918 to 1 July 1919 in the 57th and then the 54th Pioneer Infantry, overseas 29 August 1918 to 26 June 1919 (Meuse-Argonne), discharged at Camp Dix. In 1934 he applied for a bonus of \$110 for 11 months; he lists his wife Rose, children Anthony and Gloria, mother Philomena and father Alexander.

Notes

STATED for parents Alexander and Philomena Squitiere and birthplace "Salerno Italy" (province; the commune is not given). PROBABLE that he is the Emilio born 1895 in Sarno (Chapter 10; Next-Steps SQ4.1a): name, 1895, Salerno province and parents' names agree.

Conflicts noted: (1) The card reads "324 W Lancaster Ave," the application "124 [E?] Lancaster Ave": transcription of one address. (2) Mother "Philomena" here, against "Filomena G. Squitiere" on her 1944 certificate: one name. (3) His wife is "Rose" in 1934; Next-Steps SQ-x6 lists the Emilio v. Rose divorce action (December Term 1935, no. 3410), so the 1934 form precedes it.