Name and Rank, Seaman First Class Leo Nadasan.
Unit/Placed in, USS Morrison (DD-560) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Leo was born approx. on June 20, 1914 in Richland County, Ohio.
Mother, Mary Nadasan.
Brothers, Peter and Milton Nadasan.
Leo entered the service from Ohio with service number # 9408990.
Leo Nadasan was a Seaman 1st Class in the United States Navy.
Leo was KIA when the USS Morrison was attacked and sunk by a Kamikaze on May 4, 1945, he is honored with the 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.
Leo is buried at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.
Courts of the Missing.
Thanks to
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
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
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
