World War II Honoree

Alexander Wargo

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

West Brownsville, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Mrs. Francis Wargo

Relationship

Wife

SERVED FROM 1941 TO 1946. RECEIVED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL; ATLANTIC, MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST WAR ZONE BARS; MERCHANT MARINE DEFENSE MEDAL FOR SERVICE PRIOR TO PEARL HARBOR; MERCHANT MARINE EMBLEM AND HONORABLE SERVICE BUTTON; SOVIET COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS WITH CERTIFICATE OF WARTIME SERVICE. SHIPS SERVED ON: SS MORMACSUL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SS CITY OF FLINT, AMMUNITION SHIP TO ICELAND AND MURMANSK, RUSSIA; SS ABLE PARKER TO UPSHUR, AFRICA AND INDIA; SS CRAWFORD W. LONG, AMMUNITION SHIP TO AFRICA AND ITALY.