Adalora, Michael Harry

Rank and Name, Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class Michael Harry Andalora.

Unit/Placed in, Landing Tank Ship 376 (LST-376), United States Naval Reserve.

Michael is born approx. on 1924 in Fredonia, New York.

Mother, Mary Andaloro.

Born in Italy.

Sister(s), Sarah Andaloro.

Brother(s), Sam and Joseph Andaloro.

Michael enlisted the service in New York with service number # 8052479.

Michael was KIA when the LST-376 was Torpedoed on Sea North of Cherbourg by a German Schnell Boat on 9 June, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Michael is buried/mentioned at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

Tablets of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202470574/michael-h-andalora

Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160376.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and 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