In night surface action on March 2, 1942 the USS Pillsbury was overtaken by two Japanese cruisers of Cruiser Division 4. She was engaged by Takao and Atago, and at 2102 (9:02 p.m.) sank with the loss of all hands, 200 miles east of Christmas Island, South Pacific. The first person from Norwalk Killed in Action during World War II. Chief Aquino is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines. - This narrative was submitted with the enrollment form.