Theodore Cassera

(July 28, 1944) – Staff Sgt. Theodore Cassera, 26, of Glendale Street, was killed in action in France on June 23.

S/Sgt. Cassera served in the U.S. Army, Eighth Infantry Regiment, Fourth Infantry Division. He is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery at St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France, Plot E, Row 8, Grave 10.

He received the Purple Heart Medal, WWII Service Lapel Button, WWII Victory Medal, European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal w/one bronze service star.

Domenic Cassera, a brother, who was a civilian instructor at an airfield in Missouri lost his life in a plane crash there on April 26, 1943.

Lt. Anthony Barile, pilot of a R-17, husband of the former Josephine Cassera, S/Sgt. Cassera's sister, who lives at the Glendale street address, is a prisoner of the Nazis.

From The Nutley Sun

July 28, 1944

Invasion Casualties Mount As Three Are Reported Dead, wounded and missing;
Brothers tell of Cherbourg Battle

S-Sgt. Cassera Dead, First Reported Wounded; Family Believes Mistake Made

American Battle Monuments Commission

American Legion Post 70 Memorial

National Archives and Records Administration

National World War II Memorial

Normandy Photo courtesy Verona Heroes - Robert Caruso