Austin N. Volk
Summer resident of Southampton Austin N. Volk of Englewood, New Jersey, died on Saturday, September 16, at his Southampton home. He was 91.
Born in Englewood Hospital in 1919 to Nicholas and Helen Volk, he attended Englewood Public Schools and graduated in 1937 from Dwight Morrow High School. After high school he attended Brown University, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and a cadet in the U.S. Naval Reserve Officer Training Program.
Upon graduation from Brown he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy and served throughout World War II. He served as commanding officer of a landing craft transport (LCT) during the Battle of Guadalcanal from 1943 to 1945. While in the Solomon Islands in 1941 he discovered and explored an... more
Summer resident of Southampton Austin N. Volk of Englewood, New Jersey, died on Saturday, September 16, at his Southampton home. He was 91.
Born in Englewood Hospital in 1919 to Nicholas and Helen Volk, he attended Englewood Public Schools and graduated in 1937 from Dwight Morrow High School. After high school he attended Brown University, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and a cadet in the U.S. Naval Reserve Officer Training Program.
Upon graduation from Brown he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy and served throughout World War II. He served as commanding officer of a landing craft transport (LCT) during the Battle of Guadalcanal from 1943 to 1945. While in the Solomon Islands in 1941 he discovered and explored an... more
