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Paul M. Ragusa - LST 507
Paul M. Ragusa - U. S. Naval Reserves
Pharmacists Mate 3rd Class
Serial Number: 6423434
Buried in Connecticut, U.S.A.
Brief History of Paul M. Ragusa, by his nephew, Peter Alessi
Paul M. Ragusa was born on November 11, 1921, to Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Ragusa, in Middletown, Connecticut. He was the youngest of four children, with older sisters, Francis, Lucia and Anne. The family attended St. Sebastian's Catholic Church. The Ragusa family was oringally from Ragusa, Sicily. He is buried in Saint Sebastian Cemetery on Washington Street, in Middelfield, Connecticut.