35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PV2 Anthony Raymond Devito    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



35th Infantry Regiment
Korean War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal United Nations Korean Service Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PV2 Anthony Raymond Devito, ER57190004, who died in the service of his country on February 3rd, 1951 in South Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Anthony was 21 years of age. He was from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Anthony's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by PV2 Anthony Raymond Devito include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


Private Devito was a member of the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. On February 3, 1951, while attacking the enemy entrenched on Hill 431, near Anyang, South Korea he was Killed in Action. Private Devito was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Burial
Saint Michael's Cemetery
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut