Gus Frank Vaccaro

Coxswain Gus F. Vaccaro, 20, was killed in action Feb. 26, 1945. Vaccaro served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, his serial number is 07102630.

He is the son of Natale and Frances Vaccaro, 172 Holmes Street, Belleville.

According to the 1940 U.S. Census, the family lived at 34 Cedar Hill Avenue. His siblings included Rose, Elizabeth, Anna, Albert, Virginia, and Nathan.

Vaccaro is listed as missing in action or buried at sea on the Tablets of the Missing at East Coast Memorial, New York.

Sources

American Battle Monuments Commission

Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

Ancestry.com. WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005. Original data: American Battle Monuments Commission. World War I Listing; World War II Listing; Korean War Listing. American Battle Monuments Commission

National Archives and Records Administration. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

U.S. Federal Census 1940

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, State of New Jersey, War Dept. June 1946