Rank and Name,Private John J. Aberico.

Unit/Placed in,675th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion, 11^th Airborne Division.

John is born 1914 in New Jersey.

Father, Anthony Aberico.

Mother, Mary Aberico.

Both born in Italy.

Sisters, Josephine, Lucy and Ann Aberico.

Brother, Anthony Aberico.

John enlisted the U.S.Army in New Jersey with service number # 32769809.

John was KIA at Luzon, Philippines on April 4, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

John is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

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