John Paul Pennington (1908-1942) - Find a Grave Memorial

John Paul Pennington

Birth

1908

Sherrill, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA

Death

1 Mar 1942 (aged 33–34)

Central Java, Indonesia

Burial

Prairie View Cemetery

Prairie View, Logan County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map

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EM1
Service Branch
USN 00/0000 - 3/1942
Born
SHERRILL, AR
KILLED IN ACTION - USS LANGLEY AV-3 SURVIVOR IN USS PECOS AO-6, 03/01/1942
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
USS LANGLEY AV-3 - SUNK BY JAPANESE AIR STRIKE, SOUTH OF JAVA
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
PHILIPPINE DEFENSE MEDAL
Source: http://navylog.navymemorial.org/pennington-john-3

"About 700 officers and men were lost when the Langley was sunk off Java Feb. 27 and the naval tanker Pecos was sent to the bottom on March 1. The Pecos was carrying the Langley survivors, and only one-third of the crews of the two ships were saved, the Navy announced last night."

The Hutchinson News (Hutchinson, Kansas)
Saturday, April 4, 1942 - Page 1

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