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Casualty Info
Home Town Altoona, PA
Last Address Hollidaysburg, PA
Casualty Date Dec 07, 1941
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Hawaii
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment USS Arizona Memorial - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)
Military Service Number 97 625
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
ENS Wolf was a member of the crew of the USS Arizona (BB-39) when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941. The Arizona was sunk during that battle and ENS Wolf was among those missing in action and later declared dead.
Comments/Citation:
George Anderson Wolf, Jr., was born 1 December 1917 in Altoona, Pennsylvania to George Anderson and Dorthea Love (Prendergast) Wolf; he had two brothers and four sisters. Some records indicate his middle name as being Alexanderson but the pension file filled out by his mother indicates Anderson was his middle name. George attended the Waldron Academy in Philadelphia then the St. Johnâ??s parochial school in Altoona and the Altoona Catholic High School, graduating in 1935 with honors. He was an associate in the Wolf Furniture Store with his father and uncle for about 18 months.
