Prosko, John Edward
Coast Guard Seaman apprentice

John Edward Prosko, age 19, from Toronto, Ohio, Jefferson county.

Service era: Cold War

Date of death: Monday, January 28, 1980
Death details: Among the 23 who died when the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn collided with a tanker near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay in Florida.
Cemetery: Sugar Grove in Empire, Ohio

Source: United State Coast Guard, Tampa Bay Times (1980), findagrave.com