Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Joseph Francis Althoff.
Unit/Placed in, USS Bristol (DD-453) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Joseph is born approx. on 1924 in Maryland.
Father, Louis F. Althoff.
Mother, Mabel F. Althoff.
Sister(s), Ella M. Helen A. and Elsie L. Althoff.
Brother(s), Louis F. Henry E. George W. and William A. Althoff.
Joseph enlisted the service in Maryland with service number # 6026784.
Joseph was KIA when on Convoy Escort, USS Bristol was hit by a Torpedo from the German U-371 broke in 2 and sunk on Oct. 13, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Joseph is buried/mentioned at North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/453.htm
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
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
