Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/30/1944

Machinists Mate 3/c Melvin H.
Zastrow, 21, has been reported
missing on the Destroyer Escort
Fiske while participating in action
against the enemy. The Fiske
was sunk in the Atlantic in the
early part of August according to
a telegram received by Mr. and
Mrs. Fred H. Zastrow of RFD 2,
Nash road, North Tonawanda from
Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs, the
Chief of Navy Personnel.
Entering the service in February
1943, Melvin trained at Samp-
son Naval Training Center and at
Norfolk, Va., before being as-
signed the Fiske. He had attended
North Tonawanda schoolls and
had worked for Buffalo Aarms
Corp. before entering the service.