Rank and Name, Radarman Second Class Victor E. Abate.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Victor is born in 1915 in Glen Cove, New York.

Father, Rosavio Abate.

Born in Italy.

Daughter, Flora Abate.

Sons, Carmine J. and Claudio J. Abate

 Victor enlisted the U.S.Army in New York with serial # 8104588.

Victor was KIA when close to Japanese main land the ship was attacked by a plane who threw a few bombs that severely damaged the ship on March 19, 1945, Radarman Victor E Abate is honored with a  Combat Action Medal, Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Victor is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to http://www.ussfranklin.org/ 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/