WWII Killed in Action List "A"
 |
S1c James Achterhoff was killed in action during the invasion of Salerno, Operation Avalanche, on 9 September 1943 while serving with Construction Battalion Detachment 1006. Achterhoff was buried in cemetery on right flank of "Red Beach" South of Salerno and reinterred at Valley View Cemetery in Rock Valley, Iowa. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. |
 |
CM2c Jules Addor was killed in action at Guadalcanal while working on a gasoline barge which sustained a direct hit during an enemy bombing raid on 16 October 1942. He served with the 6th Naval Construction Battalion. Addor was buried at 1st Marine Division Cemetery, Guadalcanal and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
 |
CM3c Richard Agnew was killed in action during the invasion of Leyte on 25 October 1944. He served with the 105th Naval Construction Battalion. Agnew was buried in Leyte and reinterred at a cemetery in East Rochester, New Hampshire. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, and entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, the Asiatic- Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippines Defense Ribbon. |
 |
CM3c Salvatore "Sam" Charles Amato was killed in action after being ambushed by Japanese soldiers and shot in the abdomen on 11 March 1945. Amato served with the 102 Naval Construction Battalion at Olongapo, Philippines. He was buried in the field with a marked grave and reinterred is at Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, IL. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, and entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, the Asiatic- Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippines Defense Ribbon. |
 |
CM1c Edward Wilson Anderson was killed in action on 17 February 1945 at Iwo Jima while serving with Underwater Demolition Team 12 on the USS BATES. CM1c Anderson was killed off the coast of Iwo Jima in the line of duty apparently from a severe head injury. His body was recovered several days later and he was buried at sea. Anderson is memorialized and remembered at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. He was also awarded the Presidential Unit Citation as part of UDT12 for his unit's part in the Battle of Iwo Jima. |
 |
S1c George Andreotes was killed in action on 13 September 1943 during the Invasion of Salerno. Andreotes was hit by shrapnel while serving with Construction Battalion Detachment 1006 in the Mediterranean Area. He is buried at North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia. |
 |
S2c John Anthony Jr was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 1 March 1945 while serving with the 62nd Naval Construction Battalion. He sustained injuries from a direct hit on his foxhole by a Japanese mortar. S2c Anthony was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Golden Gate National Cemetery on 24 June 1948. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
 |
CM1c David Applegate was killed in action by enemy gunshot wounds at Okinawa on 15 April 1945, while serving with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion. He was buried in the 6th Marine Division Cemetery on Okinawa and reinterred at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu, Hawaii. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal |
 |
PTR3 Theodore Arnold was killed in action while on duty aboard the USS ADHARA (AK-71) on 7 April 1943. The USS ADHARA was at sea and under enemy air attack when PTR3c Arnold was fatally wounded by enemy bomb-fragments. He was attached to the 26th Naval Construction Battalion, Platoon 3 in the Solomon Islands. PTR3c Arnold was buried at sea at sunset on 9 April 1943. Arnold is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines. He is also memorialized at the World War II memorial. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal |
 |
S1c George Joaquin Avila was killed in action at Saipan on 15 June 1944, while serving with the 121st Naval Construction Battalion. Avila is memorialized at the World War II memorial as well as the Kern Veterans memorial in Bakersfield. Avila was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Saipan and reinterred at Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, CA. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
Published: Mon Jul 01 11:16:58 EDT 2024
