Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Michael Accurso.

Unit/Placed in on,  161th Infanrty Regiment, 25^th Infantry Division  “Tropic Lightning “.

Micheal is born in 1919 in, New Haven Town, Connecticut.

Father, Annielo Accurso.

Mother, .Fortunata (Voccia) Accurso

Micheal enlisted the U.S.Army in Connecticut with service number # 20126728.

Michael was KIA during the Amphibious Landings on Lingayen Gulf, his LVT got shot on Feb. 19, 1945, Staff Sergeant Michael Accurso  is honored with a  Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Thanks to 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/