Ditzek, Joseph, CWO2

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Chief Warrant Officer 2

Last Service Branch
Underwater Ordnance Technician

Last Primary NEC
733X-Warrant Officer - Underwater Ordnance Technician

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1947-1951, TM-0000, Retired Reserve

Service Years
1920 - 1951

Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates

Cold War

Neptune Subpoena

Order of the Ditch

Order of the Shellback

Plank Owner

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Michigan

Year of Birth
1903

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Contact Info

Home Town Detroit
Date of Passing May 10, 1992
Location of Interment Fort Custer National Cemetery (VA) - Augusta, Michigan	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 1 Site 974

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Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1992, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

Okinawa Gunto Operation/East of Kyushu
From Month/Year April / 1945	To Month/Year April / 1945
Description The Yamato exited from the Inland Sea, was detected by the SJ radar on the USS Hackleback and tracked, as ordered by COMSUBPAC, position reported, and then sunk by the airforce just north of Okinawa.