JOSEPH  JOHN   YURKO

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Rate/Rank
 WT1
Service Branch
USN 00/0000 - 12/1941
Born
 04/20/1909
HUNGARY
KILLED IN ACTION - USS OKLAHOMA BB-37, ATTACK BY JAPANESE, 12/07/1941 Survived by his wife, Lillian, of Long Beach, California, and 2 brothers, Frank, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Michael, of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. 
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
USS OKLAHOMA BB-37 - SUNK BY TORPEDO & STRAFING ATTACK, PEARL HARBOR, HI
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART NAVY 
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL W/FLEET CLASP NAVY 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/STAR NAVY 
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL NAVY