USNR WORLD WAR II
Water Tender 2nd Class, Franklin J. De Fluiter MIA/KIA Official Date of Death: 14-Oct-44
Hometown: Galion Ohio
. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John DeFluiter
Service # 6143188
Awards: Purple Heart, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Captain: Cdr John A. Glick

Ship: USS Bristol (DD 453) Lost October 13 1943
Mission: convoy escort
Mission Date: 13-Oct-43
Location: 37° 19'N, 6° 19'E - Grid CH 9631 70 miles west-northwest of Bone, Algeria
Cause: Sunk by U-371 (Waldemar Mehl)
Complement: 293 officers and men (52 dead and 241 survivors)

Completed in October 1941. USS Bristol (DD 453) participated in the following landings: North Africa, Sicily and Salerno. On 11 Sep, 1943, the destroyer rescued 70 survivors from USS Rowan (DD 405), which had been sunk by German torpedo boats off Salerno. USS Bristol (DD 453) received three battle stars for her World War 2 service.

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USS Bristol (DD 453)"

USNR WORLD WAR II
Water Tender 2nd Class, Franklin J. De Fluiter MIA/KIA Official Date of Death: 14-Oct-44
Hometown: Galion Ohio
. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John DeFluiter
Service # 6143188
Awards: Purple Heart, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Captain: Cdr John A. Glick

Ship: USS Bristol (DD 453) Lost October 13 1943
Mission: convoy escort
Mission Date: 13-Oct-43
Location: 37° 19'N, 6° 19'E - Grid CH 9631 70 miles west-northwest of Bone, Algeria
Cause: Sunk by U-371 (Waldemar Mehl)
Complement: 293 officers and men (52 dead and 241 survivors)

Completed in October 1941. USS Bristol (DD 453) participated in the following landings: North Africa, Sicily and Salerno. On 11 Sep, 1943, the destroyer rescued 70 survivors from USS Rowan (DD 405), which had been sunk by German torpedo boats off Salerno. USS Bristol (DD 453) received three battle stars for her World War 2 service.

Visit the virtual cemetery of USS Bristol (DD 453)
USS Bristol (DD 453)"