Birthdate: April 22, 1922
Date of Death: Jan. 30, 2000
Birthplace: Denton
Highest Rank: Machinist Mate 1st Class, US Navy
Hometown (at time of death): Coffee Creek
Family: Parents Matthew and Blanche Strouf, wife Evelyn
Connection to Central Montana: Coffee Creek janitor, carpenter, rural mail carrier, farm help
Served: South Pacific Theater, five invasions, NRS Salt Lake City, Utah, NTS
San Diego, Calif, USS Dorsey, Navy 603, USS Dorsey, RS Seattle, Wash.,
NRS Helena, Mont., NBNB, Bremerton, Wash., USNH Bremberton, Wash and
USNH Corona, Calif.
Duties: Machinist in engine room on the USS Dorsey Minesweeper, date of entry
April 22, 1942, Honorable Discharge Nov. 29, 1946
Military honors, special commendations, etc.: WWII Victory Medal, American Area,
Asiatic Pacific with 5 stars, Philippine Liberation with one star, good conduct
medal.
2013 Veterans Edition, Honoring Central Montana Veterans and Service Members, Lewistown News-Argus Saturday, November 9, 2013
Contributor: Glenda FISK Wheeler (47127637) •
Date of Death: Jan. 30, 2000
Birthplace: Denton
Highest Rank: Machinist Mate 1st Class, US Navy
Hometown (at time of death): Coffee Creek
Family: Parents Matthew and Blanche Strouf, wife Evelyn
Connection to Central Montana: Coffee Creek janitor, carpenter, rural mail carrier, farm help
Served: South Pacific Theater, five invasions, NRS Salt Lake City, Utah, NTS
San Diego, Calif, USS Dorsey, Navy 603, USS Dorsey, RS Seattle, Wash.,
NRS Helena, Mont., NBNB, Bremerton, Wash., USNH Bremberton, Wash and
USNH Corona, Calif.
Duties: Machinist in engine room on the USS Dorsey Minesweeper, date of entry
April 22, 1942, Honorable Discharge Nov. 29, 1946
Military honors, special commendations, etc.: WWII Victory Medal, American Area,
Asiatic Pacific with 5 stars, Philippine Liberation with one star, good conduct
medal.
2013 Veterans Edition, Honoring Central Montana Veterans and Service Members, Lewistown News-Argus Saturday, November 9, 2013
Contributor: Glenda FISK Wheeler (47127637) •
Birthdate: April 22, 1922
Date of Death: Jan. 30, 2000
Birthplace: Denton
Highest Rank: Machinist Mate 1st Class, US Navy
Hometown (at time of death): Coffee Creek
Family: Parents Matthew and Blanche Strouf, wife Evelyn
Connection to Central Montana: Coffee Creek janitor, carpenter, rural mail carrier, farm help
Served: South Pacific Theater, five invasions, NRS Salt Lake City, Utah, NTS
San Diego, Calif, USS Dorsey, Navy 603, USS Dorsey, RS Seattle, Wash.,
NRS Helena, Mont., NBNB, Bremerton, Wash., USNH Bremberton, Wash and
USNH Corona, Calif.
Duties: Machinist in engine room on the USS Dorsey Minesweeper, date of entry
April 22, 1942, Honorable Discharge Nov. 29, 1946
Military honors, special commendations, etc.: WWII Victory Medal, American Area,
Asiatic Pacific with 5 stars, Philippine Liberation with one star, good conduct
medal.
2013 Veterans Edition, Honoring Central Montana Veterans and Service Members, Lewistown News-Argus Saturday, November 9, 2013
Contributor: Glenda FISK Wheeler (47127637) •
Date of Death: Jan. 30, 2000
Birthplace: Denton
Highest Rank: Machinist Mate 1st Class, US Navy
Hometown (at time of death): Coffee Creek
Family: Parents Matthew and Blanche Strouf, wife Evelyn
Connection to Central Montana: Coffee Creek janitor, carpenter, rural mail carrier, farm help
Served: South Pacific Theater, five invasions, NRS Salt Lake City, Utah, NTS
San Diego, Calif, USS Dorsey, Navy 603, USS Dorsey, RS Seattle, Wash.,
NRS Helena, Mont., NBNB, Bremerton, Wash., USNH Bremberton, Wash and
USNH Corona, Calif.
Duties: Machinist in engine room on the USS Dorsey Minesweeper, date of entry
April 22, 1942, Honorable Discharge Nov. 29, 1946
Military honors, special commendations, etc.: WWII Victory Medal, American Area,
Asiatic Pacific with 5 stars, Philippine Liberation with one star, good conduct
medal.
2013 Veterans Edition, Honoring Central Montana Veterans and Service Members, Lewistown News-Argus Saturday, November 9, 2013
Contributor: Glenda FISK Wheeler (47127637) •
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