Amweg, Clayton Emery

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Clayton Emery Amweg.

Unit/Placed in, USS Savannah (CL-42) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

Clayton is born approx. on 17 Feb. 1920 in Goshen Township, Ohio.

Father, Otto Amweg.

Mother, Lydia (Woods) Amweg.

Sister(s), Ruthanna and Viola Amweg.

Brother(s), Earl Amweg.

Spouse, Mary J. (Radoci) Amweg.

Clayton enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 6227058.

Clayton was KIA when the ship was hit by a German radio controlled “fritz X Bomb” at operations at Salerno bay, on Sep. 11, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Clayton is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/042/04042.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

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

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

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com