Age 25. 159 Adams Street, Dorchester (Boston), MA. Born (as Salvatore Mario Washington Ferraioli) on 2/22/1917, in Boston. Died of burns (death certificate). Machinist, machine shop (death certificate). Also a U.S. Naval Aviation Cadet, on inactive status pending assignment to flight training. Companion (or companions) if any at the club unknown. His remains were identified at Northern Mortuary, Boston. Was single. Raised in East Boston (Boston), MA. Was formerly a salesman, retail oil (1940 federal census). Trim frame (WWII draft registration, October '40: 5' 10," 155 lbs.). Was one of 38 to perish from the Dorchester section of Boston, twice the casualty count of any other Hub "neighborhood" (Brighton district was next, with 19 victims). One of 107 single male patron victims of the disaster (also 101 married, 20 engaged, 5 divorced and 4 widowed male guests died, a total 237 male customer fatalities out of 256 men killed overall). One of 228 victims showing "burns" as the primary cause of death on their death certificates, the same count (exact) as those recorded dead by "carbon monoxide poisoning" (eight others were listed with both causes). Also one of 33 individuals taken at the age of 25, the most frequent age at death among all 490 Grove victims (followed by ages 22 and 26, with 31 dead each). Parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso and Dolores (Porzio) Ferraioli, same address. Burial at St. Michael's Cemetery, Forest Hills (Boston), MA. One of seven fire casualties interred at the traditionally Italian St. Michael's Cemetery (also Pvt. Fred Altieri, U.S. Army, age 29, John DeMatteo, age 21, Miss Maria DiFilippo, age 28, Miss Estelle "Stella" Kwartun, age 26, club busboy Joseph Tranfaglia, Jr., age 16, and Mrs. Mary Zenkin, age 32). Middle name Mario (signed his own middle name "Washington" on above WWII draft registration card, but was shown by the middle initial "M." in all other sources including his death certificate and in published death notices).

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