World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Mike Joseph Quarto
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Norwich, Connecticut
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Seaman First Class. He was inducted into the United States Navy October 15, 1940 at New Haven, Connecticut, with recruit training at the U.S. Naval Training Station Newport, Rhode Island. After his graduation from boot camp, along with any additional training; he was transferred to the USS Arizona Battleship (BB-39) for duty, and based at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. On Sunday Morning, December 7, 1941 the Emperor of Japan’s Naval Aviators launched a devastating, surprise attack on the U.S. Naval Base, and other military installations on Oahu. The Arizona moored on Ford Island along with her shipmates came under attack, and she was mortally wounded by an armor piercing bomb that ignited the ship’s forward ammunition magazine. The Battle of Pearl Harbor took his Life on the day of the attack, and reported as missing in action or entombed in the Warship. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Honolulu Memorial Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. In his Memory and Honor, this American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.