Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Philip Agliata.

Unit/placed in, USS Qiuncy (CA-39) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Philip was born  on 1917 in New York .

Father, Leonard Agliata.

Mother, Grace Agliata.

Both born in Italy.

Sister, Mary Agliata.  

Brother, Serafino Agliata.

Philip entered  the Service from New York with service-number # 2239143.

Philip was KIA when the ship sunk in the Battle of Savo Island (known as the Ironbottom Sound), on Aug. 9, 1942, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to  http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_USS_Quincy_CA39.html 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/