Corporal Carrigo was a member of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy defending the Pusan perimeter in South Korea on 16 September 1950.

Carrigo was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.