The FootNote fact for place of death was listed as "Near Srada, Italy". The Google Map placed a pin at a town of STRADA located north of Lake di Garda---much too far north for the combat of 18 July 1944.

Sometimes it is hard to find a town in Italy. Some searches will reveal multiple towns with same name or variations of the name. "San Pietro" (or Saint Peter) is one of the most popular names in Italy. There are towns and mountains named with variations of this name: San Pietro Infine, San Peitro Castel, etc. Also some towns changed their names after WW2. The name may be shorter than it was. A town may orginally had a name like 'New York on the Hudson' but they would later drop the reference to the river.

Also the GI's may have shortened the name for ease of use. For example, just south of Rome there was a famous battle near Cassino that is identified in all history books as battle of "San Pietro". But the true name of the town was "San Pietro Infine"(Infant Saint Peter). But no one knows it by that name.

Using MapQuest, a search of "Strada" in Italy reveals four hits, each one in a different State:
1. Strada, Liguria _- Savona - Italy
2. Strada, Marche _- Macerata - Italy
3. Strada, Trentino-Alto Adige _- Trento - Italy 4. Strada, Umbria _- Perugia - Italy
But none of these are anywhere close to the Arno River area where the 91st Division were fighting.__

If you use Google Maps, you can find a town(or appears like a town) named STRADA that is next to a larger town called CAPANOLLI. But searching with STRADA does not pull up this location; so it must not be a town anymore. This location fits in with the description of the advance of the 362d Regiment.

Checking a WW2 US Army road map (1:200,00 scale) shows the town CAPANOLLI and just to the northwest of it is another town name: STRADINA. My theory is that the old name of the town was STRADINA and that became STRADA and today it is just a sub-division of CAPANOLLI.

This new town can be found by searching the following on-line maps.

Google Search: Capannoli Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

MapQuest Search: Capannoli
Note: Zoom in and can view a road with name "Strada Communale 1".

William J Gilbert