FDNY Line of Duty Death
February 13, 1945 - LODD
Staff Sgt./Fireman George Nigro, 29
Engine 229
FDNY. Williamsburg - Brooklyn, New York
Fireman George Nigro succumbed in the line of duty while fighting during World War II. He was killed in action in Germany, where he was a staff sergeant with the Eleventh Infantry. He had belonged to Engine Company 229 in Brooklyn, New York, where he served as a fireman for six years before enlisting in February 1944. Fewer than 13 months later he died.
RIP. Never forget.
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