Rank and Name, Gunner’s Mate First Class Michael V. Anddorizzi.

Unit/placed on, USS Reid (DD-369) Destroyer, United States Navy.

Michael was born  on 1919 in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Father, Pasqual Adorizzi.

Mother, Rosina Addorizzi.

Sisters, Sarah, Josephine and Antonetta Addorizzi.  

Brothers, Frank R. and Joseph Addorizzi.

Michael entered  the service from Massachusetts in July 10, 1940 with service-number # 2125780.

Michael was KIA  when the USS Reid was struck by a Kamikaze and Sunk, near Surigao Strait, Philippines, on Nov. 12, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to  http://www.ussreid369.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/