Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Sestilio John Aureli.
Unit/Placed in, USS Bonefish (SS-223) Submarine, United States Naval Reserve.
Sestilio is born approx. on 28 April 1918 in Solvay, New York.
Spouse, Minerva (Colwel) Aurelio.
Son, Sestilio John Aureli
Sestilio enlisted the service in New York with service number # 8983728.
Sestilio was KIA when the USS Bonefish was Sunk by Depth Charges from Japanese Vessels at Toyama wan, Honshu, on June 18, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Sestilio is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/aureli-s-j.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
