Service # 0-081274
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Puerto Rico
Date of Death November 25 1945 (Declared Dead)
Status Missing In Action
★ Purple Heart
GANDIA, Edmundo, LTJG, 81274, USS Pillsbury (DD-227), March 2, 1942, (CasCode6221) missing, later declared dead, dd November 25, 1945
30 MIAs- Post 15 of 30. LTjg Edmundo Gandia, a 1938 graduate of the US Naval Academy, was declared MIA when enemy forces sunk the USS Pillsbury on March 2, 1942, 200 miles east of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. In the Naval Academy's yearbook, Gandia is described as a man of few words who was good at sailing, boxing, and swimming, and had a "knack of making life pleasant for his classmates."
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1920 census - Puerto Rico
Elois A Nin De Andrada
70 Alojada
Julio Gandia Y Cordova-55 Head
Cornelia Diasy Collazo De Gandia-38 Wife
Emilia Rivera Y Ortez-26 Alojada
Angela Medina Y Vasallo-18 Servant
Blanca E Gandia Y Diaz-17 Daughter
Maria De C Gandia Y Diaz-13 Daughter
Hector Gandia Y Diaz-11 Son
Ana M Gandia Y Diaz-8 Daughter
Julio E Gandia Y Diaz-7 Son
Edmundo Gandia Y Diaz -5 Son
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Puerto Rico
Date of Death November 25 1945 (Declared Dead)
Status Missing In Action
★ Purple Heart
GANDIA, Edmundo, LTJG, 81274, USS Pillsbury (DD-227), March 2, 1942, (CasCode6221) missing, later declared dead, dd November 25, 1945
30 MIAs- Post 15 of 30. LTjg Edmundo Gandia, a 1938 graduate of the US Naval Academy, was declared MIA when enemy forces sunk the USS Pillsbury on March 2, 1942, 200 miles east of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. In the Naval Academy's yearbook, Gandia is described as a man of few words who was good at sailing, boxing, and swimming, and had a "knack of making life pleasant for his classmates."
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1920 census - Puerto Rico
Elois A Nin De Andrada
70 Alojada
Julio Gandia Y Cordova-55 Head
Cornelia Diasy Collazo De Gandia-38 Wife
Emilia Rivera Y Ortez-26 Alojada
Angela Medina Y Vasallo-18 Servant
Blanca E Gandia Y Diaz-17 Daughter
Maria De C Gandia Y Diaz-13 Daughter
Hector Gandia Y Diaz-11 Son
Ana M Gandia Y Diaz-8 Daughter
Julio E Gandia Y Diaz-7 Son
Edmundo Gandia Y Diaz -5 Son
Service # 0-081274
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Puerto Rico
Date of Death November 25 1945 (Declared Dead)
Status Missing In Action
★ Purple Heart
GANDIA, Edmundo, LTJG, 81274, USS Pillsbury (DD-227), March 2, 1942, (CasCode6221) missing, later declared dead, dd November 25, 1945
30 MIAs- Post 15 of 30. LTjg Edmundo Gandia, a 1938 graduate of the US Naval Academy, was declared MIA when enemy forces sunk the USS Pillsbury on March 2, 1942, 200 miles east of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. In the Naval Academy's yearbook, Gandia is described as a man of few words who was good at sailing, boxing, and swimming, and had a "knack of making life pleasant for his classmates."
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1920 census - Puerto Rico
Elois A Nin De Andrada
70 Alojada
Julio Gandia Y Cordova-55 Head
Cornelia Diasy Collazo De Gandia-38 Wife
Emilia Rivera Y Ortez-26 Alojada
Angela Medina Y Vasallo-18 Servant
Blanca E Gandia Y Diaz-17 Daughter
Maria De C Gandia Y Diaz-13 Daughter
Hector Gandia Y Diaz-11 Son
Ana M Gandia Y Diaz-8 Daughter
Julio E Gandia Y Diaz-7 Son
Edmundo Gandia Y Diaz -5 Son
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Puerto Rico
Date of Death November 25 1945 (Declared Dead)
Status Missing In Action
★ Purple Heart
GANDIA, Edmundo, LTJG, 81274, USS Pillsbury (DD-227), March 2, 1942, (CasCode6221) missing, later declared dead, dd November 25, 1945
30 MIAs- Post 15 of 30. LTjg Edmundo Gandia, a 1938 graduate of the US Naval Academy, was declared MIA when enemy forces sunk the USS Pillsbury on March 2, 1942, 200 miles east of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. In the Naval Academy's yearbook, Gandia is described as a man of few words who was good at sailing, boxing, and swimming, and had a "knack of making life pleasant for his classmates."
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1920 census - Puerto Rico
Elois A Nin De Andrada
70 Alojada
Julio Gandia Y Cordova-55 Head
Cornelia Diasy Collazo De Gandia-38 Wife
Emilia Rivera Y Ortez-26 Alojada
Angela Medina Y Vasallo-18 Servant
Blanca E Gandia Y Diaz-17 Daughter
Maria De C Gandia Y Diaz-13 Daughter
Hector Gandia Y Diaz-11 Son
Ana M Gandia Y Diaz-8 Daughter
Julio E Gandia Y Diaz-7 Son
Edmundo Gandia Y Diaz -5 Son
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Puerto Rico.
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