Master Sergeant

John D'Adamo Jr.

USMC

North Arlington, New jersey

11 Apr 1925 - 10 Feb 1968

Flight Engineer

Killed in action aboard "BASKETBALL 813", Marine Corps KC-130F BuNo QD 149813 while serving with VMGR-152, MAG-15, 9th MAB, MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan.

John also served in World War II.

He is listed on the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Washington DC, Panel 38E/66.

John is buried with his wife Florence at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, in Honolulu, Hawaii.