World War II Honoree

Edward Walter Nitkowski

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Nanticoke, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Barbara Nitkowski

Relationship

Wife

SERVED AS CHIEF MATE AND MASTER ABOARD U.S. MERCHANT SHIPS DURING WWII. AWARDED THE MERCHANT MARINE COMBAT BAR FOR SERVICE ON A SHIP THAT WAS ATTACKED OR DAMAGED BY AN ENEMY OR INSTRUMENT OF WAR, SUCH AS A MINE. RECEIVED THE MERCHANT MARINE DEFENSE MEDAL FOR SERVICE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1940 AND DECEMBER 7, 1941. ALSO AWARDED SERVICE BARS FOR WAR ZONE SERVICE IN THE ATLANTIC, MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION.