Mario Muzzi was born on October 8, 1888 in Civita Bagnoreggio, Province of Rome, Italy and emigrated to the United States in 1910. October 8, 1918 – the date of the famous battle involving the “other sixteen” – was his thirtieth birthday. Private Muzzi was the only survivor of Corporal Murray Savage’s squad and was seriously wounded in the shoulder. He spent two months in the hospital recovering from his wound.
After the War, Private Muzzi returned to New York City and married. He worked as a baker for the National Biscuit Company (later Nabisco) at its bakery on West 15th Street (now the Chelsea Market). He lived with his wife, Concetta, at 302 East 48th Street in New York. He became a U.S. citizen on January 12, 1923.
Mario Muzzi retired to his hometown of Civita Bagnoreggio and died there in April of 1978 at the age of 90. In very recent years, Civita, which had been known as “the dying city”, has become a tourist attraction. It is located on the top of a hill and is accessible only by a narrow footbridge.
Mario was the last to die of the other sixteen. Apparently, he had children. No relative of Mario Muzzi has been located to date.
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