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SEAMAN
SECOND CLASS JOHN ALLEN HENKEL had grown up in Camden NJ, at 1382 Whitman
Avenue. He was the son of Peter and Mary Henkel. His father had
served in World War I.
John
Henkel was lost in May of 1943 when the destroyer he was serving on was
torpedoed off Bougaineville in November of 1943, and declared dead on
November 3, 1944. He was survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Fratzke of
Plymouth Meeting PA, his grandmother, Mrs. Virginia Henkel of 1709 Ferry
Avenue, Camden NJ, and two brothers, George and Max, who were at that
time both in the Armed Forces.
His death was reported in the
November 29, 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post.
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