Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Alfred Ugo Abruzzese.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Marathon (APA-200) Attack Transport,United States Naval Reserve .

Alfred is born in 1922 in New Jersey.

Father, James Abruzzese.

Mother, Palma H. Abruzzese.

 Alfred enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 9058838.

Alfred died when (story) the ship went for anchor in Buckner Bay a attack of a Kaitan (suicide sub) on July 22, 1945, Seaman First Class Alfred U. Abruzzese is honored with a  Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to  https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03200.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/