Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Antone Arcanjo.
Unit/Placed in, USS Cooper (DD-695) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Artone is born approx. on 1925 in Massachusetts.
Father, Manuel Arcanjo.
Born in Portugal.
Mother, Emily Arcanjo.
Antone enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 8019827.
Antone was KIA when the USS Cooper was sunk by the Japanese Destroyer Take 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, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Antone is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to,
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
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
