Vincent J. Galgano,103, a WWII Veteran, passed away peacefully on Dec. 16, 2021 in Mesa, AZ.
He was born on Oct. 9 1918 in Brooklyn, NY.
He lived a very full life, seeing so many innovative changes.
He was a Jack of all trades, whether working for an electrical company, carpentry, communication lines, New York transit buses ,worked on many different engines as a mechanic for diesels, jeeps, tanks. He was a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Army in charge of training men on motor convoys, various guns, weapons and ammunition and to protect themselves from
harm when they went overseas. He retired from the U.S. Post Office over 55 years.
He was a lifelong member of the Catholic Church, American Legion, and 4th rank Sir Knight of the Knights of Columbus.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Carmela Galgano our mother of 68 years and his son Anthony Galgano. He is survived by his 3 children, 7 grandkids, 8 great grandkids. He was a loving and giving father and grandfather, who will be missed greatly.
We express our love, gratitude and happiness that he was able to be with us for this long. Burial at the National Memorial Cemetery of AZ. , 23029 N. Cave Creek Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85024. On Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021 at 10:00 a.m
Arrangements by Bunker’s Garden Chapel, www.bunkerfuneral.com. Should this obituary appear anywhere but bunkerfuneral.com, please check our website for accurate details and service information.
Our family consited of 4 brothers and a sister born to our parents who emigrated from Italy. After Pearl Harbor in 1941, 3 of us enlisted in the Army or Air Corp and the fourth Anthony was drafted even though he was married with a child.
James was very close to his family, sons and daughters and grandchildren and always kept in touch even though they moved to Arizona 50 years ago we were always in contanct with each other. He had an amazing memory for events going back to family outings to Coney Island and Jones beach on Long Island and was a very good story teller of the “old days”. He was always very active athletically and really did not show his age at 103 until the last few weeks of his life. He will be sorely missed and God Bless James and all of us.