Rank and Name, Machinist’s Mate Second Class George Joseph Antal.
Unit/Placed in, USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.
George is born approx. on 1922 in Pennsylvania.
Mother, Mary Antal.
Born in Austria.
Sister(s), Mary Antal.
Brother(s), John, Michael, Jacob, Andrew and Frank Antal.
George enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 6533249.
George was KIA when the USS Liscome Bay was sunk by the Japanese Sub I-175 on Nov. 24, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
George is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CVE-56.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
