Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant John Joseph Accomando.

Unit/Placed in on, Harbor Defense of Manila.

POW

The Imperial Japanese began their Invasion in the Philippines on 8 Dec 1941.

The Harbor Defense resorted to Defend Corregidor together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

John J. Accomando became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp Cabanatuan, he survived the Bataan Death March.

John is born in 1915 in Florida.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

John enlisted the U.S.Army in New York with service number # 6981597.

John died of amoebic dysentery in POW Camp Cabanatuan on Jan. 9, 1943, Staff Sergeant John J. Acommando is honored with a  Purple Heart, POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

John is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to ABMC, https://abmc.gov Familysearch.com  https://www.familysearch.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org,   Geoffrey Roecker https://missingmarines.com/ P.O.W. Info: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  and Jean Louis Vijgen.