Rank/Rate	Signalman, First Class
Service Number	341 81 48
Birth Date	December 16, 1913
From	Kansas City, Missouri
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Cisco (SS-290)
Loss Date	September 28, 1943
Location	In the Sulu Sea west of Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Circumstances	Probably sunk by air and surface attack
Remarks	Adna was born in Corona Beach, California, with the family name "Wortman."  He later changed it to "Ritzler."

Information courtesy of Sylvia Wortman Kralik and Mary Mihovich.

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