Yokes, William John – ww2 Europe

Seaman Second Class William J. Yokes.

United States Naval Reserve.

William was born on 15 November 1918 in Franklin, Venago County, Ohio.

Father, Wilson John Yokes.

Mother, Orpha Ruth (Jones) Yokes.

Sister, Pauline Leona Yokes.

Brother, Robert Lee Yokes.

William entered the Service from Ohio with service number # 6141214.

William J. Yokes was a Seaman Second Class in the United States Navy.

William was KIA onboard the Cargo Vessel SS-Steel Navigator when it was torpedoed by an German U-Boat, on Oct. 19, 1942, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal ,WW II Victory Medal.

And he is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton,
South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.
Tablets of the Missing.

Thanks to uboatnet.net http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/2284.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVVN-QKY

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