Biography

Bonanni, Livio Edoardo b. July 16, 1908, Riomaggiore, Province of Spezia, Italy; To the US in 1926; Sailor on a freighter, jumped ship and stayed in NYC; Italian American; Father Gerolamo Bonanni, mother Giulia (Vivaldi) Bonanni; Maritime worker; CP; Domicile New York; To Spain March 1937; Served with the Garibaldi Brigade, 3rd BN, MG Co., Rank Cabo; Left Spain in February 1939; Returned to the US on June 8, 1939 aboard the Washington; WWII US Army, Rank SSG; d. July 7, 1973, Brooklyn, New York, buried Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York.

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Source: RGASPI; CPC; Italian; La Spagna Nel Nostro Cuore, pp. 91-92; Ancestry L-W Tree; Find-a-Grave#82568555.