Identified Envelope and Letter
Envelope identified to Robert A. Costello - M Company, 330th Infantry Regiment
Original censored WWII Army envelope with bicolored border dated August 3, 1944 and contains his original letter. The letter was sent by Pfc. Robert A. Costello to his brother Mr. and Mrs. Leo Costello, 20 East Clinton Street, Johnstown, New York. At the time this letter was written, July 30, 1944, the 330th Infantry Regiment was at Bageur Pican, France, staying for attack to sieze Dol De Bretagne, launched on August 4, 1944. The address the envelope was sent from was APO #83 which was somewhere in Brittany, France on this date.
Note that the cover was censored 3 times. First the manuscript censor at unit level, next the red base cancel and last the Army censor tied by the racetrack censors mark.Pfc. Robert A. Costello
Private First Class
Robert A. Costello
Private First Class Robert A. Costello
Robert Andrew Costello was born on May 21, 1915 in Gloversville, Fulton County, New York to Catherine Minn (1880-1971) and Patrick Costello (°1878, Ireland). Born and raised in Gloversville, Robert Costello attended Gloverville schools and was a liflong city resident.
Robert A. Costello enlisted (#32853693) in US Army on March 20, 1943 at Utica, NY and served with 83rd Infantry Division, 330th Infantry Regiment, Company M as a Private First Class. He was wounded near Brest in Brittany on August 29, 1944. He was transferred to an hospital in England and then to the Lovell General Hospital, Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
After the war, Robert Costello maried Evelyn Schrieber and employed as a leather worker with Wood and Hyde Leather Co. He was a member and head user at St Mary's church and was a member of the Concordia Singing Society. As World War Two veteran he was also a member of the Disabled American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Robert A. Costello died at age 59, in June 1974 after two weeks at the Littauer Hospital. At the time of his dead he was survived by his wife Evelyn Costello (1917-1988). Robert and Evelyn are burried at the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gloversville, New York.
The plate is provided by the military for anyone who has served and is at the foot of the grave (click to enlarge)
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