Name and Rank, Private First Class Jose A. Aguilar.
Unit/placed, Air Corps, Jose was onboard the ship USS Langley CV-1 when it was attacked.
Jose was born approx. in 1917, Texas.
Parents and Siblings, no record.
Jose entered the service from El Paso with service number # 18014837.
Jose A. Aguilar rank/duty was a Private First Class in the Air Corps.
Jose was KIA on the way to the Base he was on the USS Langley that was attacked by the several Japanese Planes and Sunk , on Feb. 27, 1942, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Jose buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila,
Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Tablets of the Missing.
Thanks to
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
