Transcribed from a newspaper clipping found with the effects of Joseph Pansarasa's sister, Louise Pansarasa
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn., June 14
-A telegram from the War Department has informed Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pensarosa of Center Street that their son, Pfc. Joseph C. Pensarosa, has been reported missing in action in Italy since May 23. His last letters to his family were dated two days before he was listed as missing.
Pfc. Pensarosa, who has been overseas for over a year, had been engaged in fighting in Sicily and on the Anzio beachhead. Educated in Windsor Locks, he entered the Army in October, 1942. He is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Pensarosa of Springfield. A brother, Sgt. Charles Pensarosa, also is in the Army.
