Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Cesare, Martin R.  November 19, 1939
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Latrobe Bulletin Mon, Nov 20, 1939 
Martin R. Cesare, World War veteran who was cited for bravery in action during
an air raid along the Piave River, died at the Veterans Hospital, Canandaigua,
N. Y., yesterday morning at 6:45 o'clock. Gassed and shell shocked in the
Vittorio Veneto defensive, Mr. Cesare never recovered and was sent home as a
casualty in 1919 to remain in ill health for the rest of his life.
The son of the late Martin and Teresa Cesare, Mr. Cesare was born in Latrobe
October 27, 1894, and made his home here practically all his life. He enlisted
with the State College Unit, June 1, 1917 and went in training at Allentown
where he remained for several months. He was among 1100 men who were transferred
to Genoas, Italy, being a member of Section 529 which was attached to regular U.
S. A. Infantry No. 332. Several other Latrobers were members of Section 529 but
all of them were transferred to 530 with the exception of Mr. Cesare. Section
530 was sent to France but Section 529 was assigned to the Austrian front. It
was in November 1918 that Mr. Cesare received a medal of honor for bravery in
action during an air raid along the Piave river. Later he was gassed and shell
shocked in the Vittorio Veneto defensive and was sent to a base U. S. A.
Hospital at Vincenza, Italy. It was not long until he was transferred to a
U.S.A. Hospital at Hyeres, France.
In 1919 Mr. Cesare was sent home as a casualty and arrived at Hampton Roads,
Virginia, June 1919, remaining there several months. He was discharged at Camp
Dix,. N. J., July 16, 1919.
Following the death of his mother in 1931, Mr. Cesare went to Baltimore, Md.,
and from then on he made his home with his sister, Mrs. George H. Dunn at
Baltimore, and with his sister, Mrs. John P. Doherty and his brother, Joseph A.
Cesare of Latrobe, who are his nearest surviving relatives. Three months ago his
condition became so serious that he was obliged to go to the Veterans Hospital.
He had been at the Veterans Hospital in Aspinwall for treatment in 1925 but his
health continued poor despite every effort at restoration.
Mr. Cesare was graduated from Latrobe High School in 1914 and was a student at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., for a year. He also attended
Pennsylvania State College for a year. He was formerly a member of the Thomas B.
Anderson Post of the American Legion but transferred his membership to the
Baltimore Post while he was making his home there. He was an officer of the
Baltimore Post for a time. He was likewise a member of the Knights of Columbus
and of the Latrobe Country Club several years ago.
The body will arrive from New York at 6:30 this evening and will be taken to the
Doherty home at 731 East St. Clair street at 8 p. m.
Funeral services will be held in the Holy Family church Wednesday morning with a
solemn high mass of requiem at 9 o'clock. Interment will be made at St. Mary's
cemetery. Members of the local American Legion will act as pall bearers. A
military service with taps and suitable escort will be conducted at the grave by
the American Legion. 

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