Adao, Rickey, T/5

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Technician Fifth Grade

Last Service Branch
Air Defense Artillery

Last Primary MOS
597-Antiaircraft Artillery Machine Gun Crewman SP

Last MOS Group
Air Defense Artillery

Primary Unit
1945-1946, 597, 489th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

Service Years
1943 - 1946

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Personal Details

Home State

Massachusetts

Year of Birth
1924

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Contact Info

Home Town Brothers Only	Last Address Santa Clara, Calif
Date of Passing Dec 02, 2003
Location of Interment Mount Vernon Memorial Park - Fair Oaks, California

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1967, American Legion, Post 419 (Member) (Santa Clara, California) - Chap. Page
	1970, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) - Assoc. Page

Additional Information

Other Comments:

Rest in Peace Dad

1945-1945, 597, 574th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

From Month/Year - / 1945	To Month/Year - / 1945
Unit 574th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion Unit Page
Rank Private First Class	MOS 597-Antiaircraft Artillery Machine Gun Crewman SP
Base, Fort or City European Theater of Operations	State/Country Germany

Patch	574th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion Details
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	Type Air Defense
	Parent Unit Air Defense Units	Strength Battalion
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jul 14, 2009

Memories For This Unit
Chain of Command Mid-Jan 1945 - A and D Batteries, 574th AAA AW Bn (SP) departed Southampton, England aboard a Landing Ship Tank. Arrived Le Havre, France, assembled with their half-tracks and convoyed through France to Belgium. Attached to 4th Armored Division in support of the Ardennes-Alsace Campaign. Mid-Feb 1945 - A and D Batteries detached from 4th Armored Division and ordered to Nancy, France to regroup and repair their half-tracks. Rank Private First Class. 06 Mar 1945 - 574th AAA AW Bn (SP) arrived Le Havre, France. Convoyed across France to Luxembourg. 13 Mar 1945 - A and D Batteries regrouped with 574th AAA AW Bn (SP) in Luxembourg. 19 Mar 1945 - Attached to 13th Armored Division, in support of Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. 08 May 1945 - Victory-Europe Day (V-E Day). Allied Supreme Command accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany. 13 May 1945 - 574th AAA AW Bn (SP) detached from the 13th Armored Division. Assigned an occupation zone in the Bavarian region south of Munich, Germany. Placed under direct command of the Third Army, U. S. Army of Occupation.

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