Timeline
Birth- About 1927
Massachusetts
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 19 years
Conflict Period
World War II
Gold Star
Regiment
United States Naval Reserve
Rank
Aviation Machinist's Mate, Third Class, U.S. Navy
Service Number
6673674
Awards
Purple Heart
Served For
United States of America
Aircraft Assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger "gunner" - manned 50 caliber turret ball gun
Stationed- 1944
Alameda, Fallon, Kahului Hawaii
USS Bennington (CV-20)
"Reformed" Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Casualty- 10 Jul 1945-Age: 19 years
Japanese AA guns
Near Hyakurigahara Airfield (about 50 miles NE of Tokyo)
Death- 11 Jul 1946
Death
11-Jul-46
Aircraft shot down by Japanese AA guns
10 Jul 1945
MIA 10 July 1945 (1946 not the actual date of death)
Burial
Honolulu, Hawaii
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Memorial Location
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Other Facts
State Of Residence
Massachusetts
Full Name
Joseph C Ciccarelli
Father
Edward Harry Ciccarelli
Full Name
Joseph Charles Ciccarelli
Mother
Amelia Ciccarelli (Hapcook)
Sibling
Lucille Ciccarelli (Eaton)