Master Sergeant Todaro was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a Light Weapons Infantry Leader with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy along the Kuryone River near Yongsan Village, North Korea on November 28, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.