Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Thomas Joseph Aloe.
Unit/Placed in, USS Cooper (DD-695) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Thomas is born approx. on 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
Father, Salvatore Aloi.
Mother, Damina Aloi.
Parents born in Italy.
Brother(s), Thomas, Peter and Salvatore Aloi.
Stepson, Destasio Cosmo.
Thomas enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 8189672.
Thomas was KIA when the USS Cooper was sunk by the Japanese Destroyer Jake at The Battle for Ormoc Bay on Dec. 3, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Thomas is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/695.htm
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?143845
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
