Phillip M. Kroeckel

Korean War
RankFireman Apprentice U.S. Navy
Date of DeathSeptember 1 1951
National Defense Service Medal
Fireman (E2) Kroeckel was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Fireman (E2) Kroeckel was a crewman aboard the amphibious cargo ship USS ARNEB (LKA-56), which had returned to Norfolk from Greenland. On September 1, 1951, while on leave he was killed in an automobile accident in Rochester, New York.