Abbott, Richard Paul

Rank and Name, Fireman Second Class Richard Paul Abbott.

Unit/Placed in, USS Buck (DD-420) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Richard is born on 21 Augustus 1926 in Rome, Oneida County, New York.

Father, Walter Wood Abbott.

Mother, Marion Agusta (Fitzgibbons) Abbott.

Brother(s), Jack R. and Richard Paul Abbott.

Richard enlisted the service in New York with service number # 6012852.

Richard was KIA/MIA when the USS Buck patrolling the coast was hit by a Torpedo from the German Submarine U-616, when sinking there was a massive explosion killed and wounded sailors in the Tyrrhenian Sea on, 9 October 1943 he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Richard is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Piazzale Kennedy 1, Nettuno, Italy

Walls of the missing.

Richard also has a Memorial Grave at Rome Cemetery

Rome, Oneida County, New York, USA

Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/05/420.htm

https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3101.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GN7Q-Y8B

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/