James A. Paolucci

World War II
Service #2017963
RankSeaman Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Rhode Island
Date of DeathDecember 7 1941
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Seaman Second Class James A. Paolucci were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.