Adolph Francis "Ralph" Maglio
PFC in 23rd Headquarters Co
Military occupational specialty: 521 (basic, administration)
ASN#31087066
Born 1916 in MA, Died 2012
Artist
County of residence at enlistment: Suffolk County, MA
Other residence(s): East Boston, MA; South Boston, MA
United States Army, European Theatre of Operations
College education before the war: Boston College 4 years
Ralph Maglio was born "Adolfo Angenio Maglio" on August 1, 1916 in Boston MA, the youngest of eight children. His father was a laborer for a contractor, and both of his parents had been born in Italy.
From 1937-1939, Ralph studied at Boston College, graduating with a degree in classics and/or philosophy in 1939. (He had transferred to BC as a junior.) When he registered for the draft, on October 16, 1940, he gave his name as "Adolph Francis Maglio", but a handwritten note on the back of his draft card says: "registrant uncertain of legality of first name."
He enlisted on March 23, 1942, was assigned to the 23rd Headquarters Company, and served with the unit in Europe during the war. He was discharged from the Army with the rank of PFC and returned to Boston.
Little else is known of his life and/or work. He was living in East Boston in the late 1990s, and in South Boston prior to his death. He died on July 4, 2012 and is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury, MA.
Photos
1939 Boston College yearbook (see link below)
Sources:
1916 birth record
1920 census
1930 census
1939 Boston College yearbook (contains 14 Dacia St. address)
1940 draft card
1942 enlistment record
1956 mother's death notice in the Boston Globe (14 Dacia St. address confirms that Adolph used “Ralph” as his first name)
2011 BC Alumni Magazine class notes
https://issuu.com/bcua/docs/bcm_summer_2011/6
2012 Social Security death index
2012 Find a Grave record
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238780796/adolpho-maglio