Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Charles Henry Amo.
Unit/Placed in, USS Cooper (DD-695) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Charles is born approx. on Aug. 13, 1925 in Massachusetts.
Father, David C. Amo.
Mother, Mary H. (Taylor) Amo.
Charles enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 8253998.
Charles was KIA when the USS Cooper was sunk by the Japanese Destroyer Jake 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, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Charles is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
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
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
