From June 22, 2016, DVIDS by Petty Officer 2nd class Johans Chavarro.
Torpedoman 1st Class Richard P. Erico, ashed were scattered June 23 at the USS Utah memorial on Ford Island, Joint base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
He was born June 22, 1922, at Peaks Island, Maine and joined the Navy in 1940. When the attack came, he was on the USS Case (DD-370) preparing to go ashore to play baseball. He was part of the ammunition-handling team.
His ship got underway the next day and sank a Japanese mini-sub. The rest of the war he served on the same ship which earned nine battle stars.
Death came to Mr. Erico on June 16, 2009.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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