Advertisement

RADM John Walter Wilcox Jr.
Monument

Advertisement

RADM John Walter Wilcox Jr. Veteran

Birth
Midway, Liberty County, Georgia, USA
Death
27 Mar 1942 (aged 60)
At Sea
Monument
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the missing
Memorial ID
View Source
He also has memorial markers at Memory Hill Cemetery at Milledgeville, GA and Magnolia Cemetery at Charleston, South Carolina.
~
Husband of Caroline Manigault Wilcox who resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland during the war.

John served as a Rear Admiral, U.S.S. Washington (BB-56), U.S. Navy during World War II.

He enlisted as being from the State of Georgia.

He was declared missing when he was apparently swept overboard during heavy seas off Portland, Maine during the war. His death was ruled a "Line Of Duty" death.

Service ID: O-005224.

( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
He also has memorial markers at Memory Hill Cemetery at Milledgeville, GA and Magnolia Cemetery at Charleston, South Carolina.
~
Husband of Caroline Manigault Wilcox who resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland during the war.

John served as a Rear Admiral, U.S.S. Washington (BB-56), U.S. Navy during World War II.

He enlisted as being from the State of Georgia.

He was declared missing when he was apparently swept overboard during heavy seas off Portland, Maine during the war. His death was ruled a "Line Of Duty" death.

Service ID: O-005224.

( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )

Inscription

RADM, US NAVY WORLD WAR II



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84756079/john_walter-wilcox: accessed ), memorial page for RADM John Walter Wilcox Jr. (22 Mar 1882–27 Mar 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84756079, citing East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).