Elizabeth Kley Criscuolo v. United States of America, and Audrey Schmuck Zoch Linde

DUFFY, Chief Judge.

This is an action to recover under a National Service Life Insurance policy. Sergeant Irvin Henry Zoch was the deceased soldier. On February 9, 1948, while serving in the armed forces of the United States and stationed at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, Sergeant Zoch took out a $10,000.00 National Service Life Insurance policy on his life, naming Lis mother, the plaintiff herein, as beneficiary, and his half-sister as contingent beneficiary. On May 12, 1951 Sergeant Zoch and Audrey Schmuck were married. ■She survived her husband and her name is now Linde. By order of the…