Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Michael Nicholas Zyla.
Unit/Placed in, USS Plymouth (PG-57) Gunboat, United States Navy.
Michael is born approx. on 1919 in Pennsylvania.
Spouse, Carolyn Zyla.
Michael enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 6030987.
Michael was KIA when the USS Plymouth had been sunk by a torpedo fired from an enemy submarine U-566 on 5 Aug. 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Michael is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/09057.htm
Crew-list USS Plymouth: https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship3035.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
