Amarello, John J. – ww2 Europe

Rank and Name, Private First Class John J. Amarello.

Unit/Placed in, 322^nd Fighter Control Squadron, United States Army Air Forces.

HTM Rohna

On November 26, 1943, during WWII, one thousand, one hundred and thirty eight men perished when a British troopship, the HMT Rohna, was attacked from the air and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria

John is born approx. on 1909 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York.

Father, Marshall Amarello.

Mother, Mary Amarello.

Parents born in Italy.

Sister(s), Margaret Amarello.

Brother(s), Frank and Ernest Amarello.

Spouse, Nelly A. (Trought) Amarello.

John enlisted the service in New York with service number # 32577653.

John was KIA/MIA on transport to his base, when the HTM Rohna was hit by a Guided bomb from a German Plane (Dornier) and sunk on Nov. 26, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

John is buried/mentioned at North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, Casualties – TRSMA (rohnasurvivors.org)

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.givenName=john%20j.&q.surname=amarello

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