Alfredo Cosenza

Alfredo Cosenza was born on 8 November 1922 in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy to Pietro Cosenza and Elisabetta Coniglio.
In 1936, he was sent to Boston, Massachusetts, USA to the care of Giovanni Malvito after his father was killed. In 1940, he joined the Malvito Crime Family Santino Regime. 
In 1941, he joined the US Army as a Private. In 1944, he made Corporal. He fought in the North African and Italian campaigns. 
Upon his return in 1945, he was made a lieutenant in the Santino Regime.