Dominic Charles Giovinazzo

Dominic Charles Giovinazzo, 98, passed away peacefully at home Monday March 2, 2020. At age nine, he and his family immigrated from his birthplace, Portigliola, Italy, to the United States and settled in Ravenna, Ohio.

Upon graduating high school, Dominic proudly entered the U.S. Army and became a member of Fox Company with the 328th Infantry Regiment 26th Infantry Division to fight in WWII. In the Battle of the Bulge, on December 24th, 1944, he earned the title “Bazooka Man of Eschdorf” for taking out a German 88 antitank gun. His action enabled the liberation of the town of Eschdorf, Luxembourg which had been under Nazi rule for four years. At the invitation of Circle of Studies on the Battle of the Bulge (CEBA) Dominic was able to travel back to Eschdorf in 2018 where he was awarded honors by the city and the Department of State. He is recognized as being the town’s true hero and his fondest memory of the visit was being approached by a young Luxembourger boy and being asked to sign his American flag.

After leaving Eschdorf, Dominic was captured and was a POW for the last 68 days of the war.

Following the war, Dominic earned his degree in Industrial Engineering at The Ohio State University and worked for General Electric until his retirement in 1983. Dominic was a kind, gentle and pious man who loved his family, his life, good food and his abundant garden.

He was predeceased by his adoring wife, Ellie, in 2017 and by his sisters, Anna and Francis. He is survived by his brother, Michael Giovinazzo, his sister, Judith Giovinazzo, his beloved daughters, Dalene (Blair) Pride (Pickerington, OH) and Cindy (Tom) Wichser (Dunwoody, GA), grandchildren Dallan Hoppe, Damian (Christy) Hoppe, Dr. Colleen (Sean) Wichser Meehan, and Lauren Wichser, great-grandsons Dominic and Christian Hoppe and Riley Meehan, and numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral mass will take place at All Saints Catholic Church, 2443 Mt. Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, GA, Tuesday, March 10th, at 10:30 a.m. Burial immediately following at the Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, GA at 1:30 p.m. Funeral arrangements by A. S. Turner Funeral Home, Decatur, GA.

To honor Dominic's memory, donations may be made in his name to All Saints Catholic Church, 2443 Mt. Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, GA 30338, 770-393-3255.