Baseball in Wartime - Frank Ciaffone

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Those Who Died That Others Might Be Free

Frank Ciaffone

Date and Place of Birth: circa 1926 Brooklyn, New York
Date and Place of Death: March 3, 1945 Iwo Jima
Baseball Experience: Minor League
Position: Pitcher

Rank: Private First-Class
Military Unit: 9th Marines, US Marine Corps
Area Served: Pacific Theater of Operations

Frank J Ciaffone was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1926. He pitched the Abraham Lincoln High School baseball team to the Brooklyn PSAL title in 1942 before signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Assigned to Newport News of the Piedmont League, he didn't get to play before joining the Marines .

Private First-Class Frank Ciaffone served in the Pacific and was killed in action on Iwo Jima on March 3, 1945. He was 19 years old.

Added April 23, 2008. Updated September 15, 2008.

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