Antonie, Charles Jacob

Rank and Name, Fireman Second Class Charles Jacob Antonie.

Unit/Placed in, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

Charles is born approx. on Dec. 3, 1916 in Ohio.

Father, Jacob Antonie.

Mother, Edith M. Antonie.

Spouse, Margaret E. Antonie.

Charles enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 9503118.

Charles was KIA when the Japanese Submarine I-58 Torpedoed the USS Indianapolis and she Sunk at the Philippine Sea on July 30, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Charles is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

He also has Mentioned at U.S.S. Indianapolis National Memorial,

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA

And a Memorial Grave on the Website https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56764524/charles-jacob-antonie

Thanks to, http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/cruisers/pages/uss_indianapolis_ca35_roll_of_honor.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org