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ANSELLO-TONY

TONY  ANSELLO

Picture
Deceased
Rate/Rank
S1
Service Branch
USN 00/0000 - 11/1943
Born 06/14/1918
COKEBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
EDIT THIS LOG PRINT LOG PRINT MEMORIES BLUE SCREEN
KILLED IN ACTION - USS BARTON DD-599. DECLARED DEAD, 11/14/1943
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
USS BARTON (DD-599) DESTROYER, SUNK BY AMATSUKAZE, AT THE FIRST BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
SERVICE MEMORIES

TONY WAS KIA WHEN THE USS BARTON WAS HIT AND SUNKFROM THE JAPANESE DESTROYER AMATSUKAZE DURING THE BATTLE FOR GUADALCANAL ON NOV. 13, 1942.