Alterice, Patrick Angelo

Rank and Name, Signalman Third Class Patrick Angelo Alterice.

Unit/Placed in, USN John L. Motley, (Merchant Ship), United States Navy.

Patrick is born approx. on Sep. 16, 1924 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania.

Father, Patrick Alterice.

Mother, Amanda J. (Bowman) Alterice.

Stepbrother(s), Anthony A. Alterice.

Patrick enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 2507883.

Patrick was KIA when a German Junker JU-88 attacked Bari, Italy an hit the USN John L. Motley 3 times and it exploded on Dec. 2, 1943, 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.

Patrick is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-035/h-035-2.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

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

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com