PVT Louis Maset (WWII)
Remembering PVT Louis Maset (Worthington/Four States) December 6, 1923 - July 22, 1944 ---- PVT Louis "Louie" Maset was born in Dalltown, PA, on December 6, 1923, the son of Augustino "August" and Virginia (Coldebella) Maset. August and Virginia were both Italian immigrants. August arrived from Chodagué, Italy in 1914, and in 1920 was living in Fairmont (Guffy Street) and listed as a laborer on "the bridge." This likely means that he participated in the creation of the Million Dollar Bridge, dedicated to Marion County WWI casualties. Virginia arrived in the US in 1912 and lived in Pennsylvania, where her father was a coal miner. August and Virginia married in May of 1923 in Pennsylvania-- ages 24 and 16. By 1930, their young family was living in Rachel, where August was a loader at the coal mine (1930 census). The 1940 census showed August working as a trackman at the coal mine, and the family living at Parrish Run. Louie registered for the draft on June 3...