Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Thomas Andrew Acosta.
Unit/placed in, USS Liscome Bay Escort Carrier (CVE-56), United States naval Reserve.
Thomas is born on no record.
Thomas entered the Service from California with service number # 3769375.
Thomas A. Acosta was a Seaman 1e Class in the United States Naval Reserve.
Thomas was Killed in Action when the ship was hit by an Torpedo from the Jap Sub I-175, on Nov. 25, 1944, and he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
And he is buried at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.
Courts of the Missing.
Thanks to http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59769
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
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POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
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Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
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Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
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