Undated, unidentified clipping in a scrapbook at the Saranac Lake Veteran's Club.Born: September 8, 1925
Died: March 13, 1945
Private Aldo L. Sorcinelli was a World War II veteran; he was killed while fighting on Iwo Jima. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sorcinelli of 17 James Street.
Lake Placid News, April 6, 1945
Pvt Sorcinelli
Pvt. Aldo L. Sorcinelli of Saranac Lake died of wounds received in action in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Pvt. Sorcinelli who was fighting with the Marines is the first Saranac Lake service man reported killed in the Iwo Jima operations.
Pvt. Sorcinelli left Saranac Lake on May 29, 1944 for service with the Marines. He trained at Parris Island, S. C, and Camp Lejeune, New River, N. C. On completion of his training, he was ordered to join combat troops overseas and last November left this country for the Pacific theater of war.
The Enterprise, Tuesday, April 8, 1945; reprinted in Howard Riley's column, May 15, 2021
Pvt. Aldo Sorcinelli Dies of Wounds
Pvt. Aldo Sorcinelli of this village has died of wounds received in action in the Battle of Iwo Jima, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sorcinelli of 17 James Street, were notified this morning.
Pvt. Sorcinelli, who was fighting with the Marines, was the first Saranac Lake service man killed in the Iwo Jima operations. The War Department telegram merely stated that he had died of wounds received in action and that a letter would follow with details.
Pvt. Sorcinelli left Saranac Lake on May 29, 1944 for service with the Marines. He trained at Parris Island, S. C., and Camp Lejeune, New River, N.C. On completion of his training, he was ordered to join combat troops overseas and last November left this country for the Pacific Theater of War. The battle of Iwo Jima was the first action in which this Marine had engaged.
He is the third member of the newspaper staff to lose his life in World War II.
Pvt. Alfred Vaughn, Jr., was killed in action, and Seaman Carl Blumenthal died of a virus infection while at his base in Philadelphia, PA.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Howard Riley's column, May 15, 2021
When the war ended in Germany in 1945, I was not yet 15. I did not have close family in the war, so the death of Aldo Sorcinelli hit me hard.
He was working at the Enterprise in the composing room and the circulation department, age 18, and was so friendly and goofing around with us newsboys that we just loved him.
Back then most 18-year-olds didn't pay much attention to 13- and 14-year-olds, so and when Aldo was killed in his first battle in Iwo Jima it stunned and saddened a bunch of us newsboys [there were 26 of us] and brought us to a new reality.
I gave a Memorial Day address in Riverside Park in the 1960s when I was mayor and told Aldo's story.
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