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Home State
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Year of Birth
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Lorraine Corso, HM2
to remember
Accardi, Vito Thomas, PhM2c.
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Home Town
Brooklyn, NY |
Last Address
USS Eversole in the Philippine Sea.
Vito's Year of Birth is yet to be determined.
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Casualty Date
Oct 29, 1944 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Other Explosive Device |
Location
Pacific Ocean |
Conflict
World War II |
Location of Interment
Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Tablets of the Missing- (Cenotaph) |
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Last Known Activity
Assisting wounded men from a damaged compartment of the U.S.S. EVERSOLE (DE-404) after it had been hit by two submarine torpedoes. When his ship the U.S.S. EVERSOLE was seriously damaged and sinking from enemy submarine torpedoes on 29 October 1944. during the Second Naval Battle of the Philippine Sea, Petty Officer Accardi immediately realized that the ship was sinking and the wounded men must be removed from the damaged compartment. Although suffering from shock and despite the immediate sinking of the ship, Petty Officer Accardi carried wounded men out of the compartment until he himself was trapped and went down with the ship.
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