Dominick J. Persiani was born in New Jersey in 1918 to parents Caesar and Alma Persiani. The 1920 Census records the family, consisting of Dominick and three older sisters, residing at 311 Division Street in South Camden.
After receiving a grammar school education, Dominick entered the workforce. The 1930 Census indicates that he lived with his parents, Cesar and Alma Persiani, along with four siblings — older sisters Anna and Mildred, and younger siblings Barbara and John — at 420 West Street. During the 1930s, the family relocated to 231 Washington Street.
Between the April 1930 census and the 1940 Census, Dominick Persiani married and pursued a career as a sheet metal worker. The 1940 Census shows him and his wife Carmela residing at 223 Washington Street in Camden. Later, they moved to an apartment at 301 Penn Street. In 1943, he was inducted into the United States Army on October 9, leaving his wife Carmela behind. Assigned to the 369th Ordinance Maintenance Company, he went overseas in March of 1945 and served in the Central European campaign before being discharged at Fort Dix on November 17, 1945.
Upon returning home after the war, the Persianis, by 1947, were living at 327 Division Street, and Dominick worked as a mechanic. In 1948, he joined the Camden Fire Department, initially assigned to Engine Company 6 at Front and Linden Streets as a hoseman. In 1951, he was transferred to Engine Company 7, based at 1115 Kaighn Avenue. The family later moved to 1629 Pulaski Street.
On November 9, 1951, Dominick J. Persiani suffered severe injuries during a training exercise at the Camden Fire School at South 8th Street and Morgan Boulevard. He spent the next ten months at the county hospital at Lakeland, ultimately succumbing to complications arising from his injuries while on duty on May 19, 1953. Survived by his wife, daughters Elma and Carol, parents, and siblings, Dominick J. Persiani was laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery in Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill) NJ on May 24, 1953.
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![Name: Persiani, Dominick, J.
Title: FIRE [illegible]
Address: 1629 Pulaski St.
Badge. No. 80
Born At: Camden, NJ
Appointed: June. 14th. 1949
Tel: [illegible]
Where: [illegible]
Blood Type: A Positive
Date: March 5th. 1918
Reported for Duty: June. 16th. 1949](https://camdenhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Dominick-J-Persiani-Fire-Card.jpg)
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