Rank and Name, Radioman Second Class Basil M. Abad.

Unit/Placid in on, USS Scamp (SS-277) Submarine, United States Navy.

Basil  was born on Sep. 25, 1920 in Silverbell, Arizona.

Father, Basilio Abad.

Mother,Lola Abad.

Both Parents were born in Mexico.

Basil entered  the service from Arizona with serial # 3813745.

Basil D. Abad was  Killed in Action when the USS- Scamp (SSN-588) got torpedoed near Tokyo bay, on Nov. 19, 1944, and he is honored with the Combat Action Ribbon, Purple Heart, Combat Patrol Insignia, American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Basil is buried at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-scamp-277.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/