Roy DiVincenzo

Roy DiVincenzo was 18 when he was drafted into the

Army Infantry in late 1944. He served from two and half years ending his term in September of 1946.

He completed his basic training at Camp Fannin in Texas. Roy moved around a lot training from Fort Meade in Maryland to Camp Stoneman in San Francisco. Eventually he was sent overseas where he spent most of his military time.

Before entering the Army, Roy was courting his future wife. They would exchange letters once he left for the Army. It would take a long time for the letters to make it to their destination since they had to through the United States then to Guam then to the Philippines where Roy was stationed. However, when he was overseas they would censor his letters they wrote to each other. Roy said reading the letters was hard because they were filled with holes. The military would screen the letters to remove any words that could give away their condition, location, position, distances. So, any words to trigger this type of information was censored.

Roy was a Rifleman and spent most of his deployment in the jungles of the Philippines. They were constantly moving. Never spending too much time in one area. After the atomic bomb was dropped over Japan, Roy was sent to Japan for the occupation. He was there for a period of six months working occupied duties and preparing and ready for any invasion of the island.

Roy left the military in 1946. Then in 1947 he married his wife and they raised four boys in Niles, IL. He is now the proud grandparent of 5 grandkids and 4 great grandchildren.

Roy was a member of Painters Local 194, International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades.

Roy is survived by his sons Vincent (Rosalynne Marie) DiVincenzo, Dominic (Carol) DiVincenzo, Roy J. DiVincenzo, and David DiVincenzo; grandchildren Kristen (Chet) Wilson, Keri Ann DiVincenzo, Vincent DiVincenzo, Jr., Daniel DiVincenzo, and Jennifer (Matt) Rice; great grandchildren Marlow Wilson, Macklin Wilson, Jestine Sky DiVincenzo, and Ellie Rice.

He was preceded in death by his wife Theresa (Petitti).

A visitation will be held for Roy on Thursday, September 7, 2023 from 9:00 AM until the time of service at 10:00 AM at Toynton’s Walworth Funeral Home, 328 Kenosha St., Walworth, WI.

Burial will be later that afternoon at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.

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