Amspacher, Edward Charles

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Edward Charles Amspacher.

Unit/Placed in, USS Bristol (DD-453) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Edward is born approx. on 2 Feb. 1924 in Pennsylvania.

Father, Robert L. Amspacher.

Mother, Naomi L. Amspacher.

Sister(s), Gladys M. Amspacher.

Brother(s), Robert L. and Earl L. Amspacher.

Edward enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 8207335.

Edward 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.

Edward 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.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

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com