N. Babylon Man Killed in Crash Remembered By Fellow Marines

North Babylon resident Anthony Jacovino, who was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Commack Thursday, is remembered as the glue that held his U.S. Marine unit together, even 18 years after serving together in North Carolina.   

Jacovino, 38, served in the U.S. Marines from 1993 until 1997. Even after his service, the corporal continued to maintain the relationships he created while stationed in Cherry Point, NC through phone calls, text messages and Facebook. He even maintained a website, Marines.TogetherWeServed.com, for his fellow servicemen to be able to update one another on their lives.   

After his service in the Marines, Jacovino worked as a driver for JNS Industrial Services Trucking Companies.

The Marine was planning to put together a reunion for those he served with in North Carolina when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of Commack Road and Vanderbilt Motor Parkway Thursday.   

Even as a young Marine, he always had a love for motorcycles, his fellow serviceman, Chiper Huser, said.   

“He was infamous for his Harley Davidson. In the barracks, we could hear him start up the motorcycle getting ready to work,” Huser said. “He was a great guy. It was heartbreaking.”   

Huser described Jacovino as the bond that held the unit together. “We’ve been in touch ever since. We all still talk because of him,” Huser said.  

Jacovino was known in the barracks for his strong Long Island-Italian accent and his love for his buddies in the service.   

“He wasn’t afraid to talk to anybody. He was a marine through and through,” Huser said. “I think we were still all just as close. We pick up like the day we left off. Just like when we were sitting out in the field together. I still trust him.”  

“He was just fun and dependable – full of life. He was a genuine guy,” he added.   

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Second Squad detectives at 631-854-8252.