Bennion, Mervyn Sharp, CAPT

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Last Rank
Captain
Last Primary NEC
00X-Unknown NOC/Designator
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1941-1941, USS West Virginia (BB-48)
Service Years
1910 - 1941
Captain Captain

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Home State
Utah
Utah
 Year of Birth
1887
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by Felix Cervantes, III (Admiral Ese), BM2 to remember Bennion, Mervyn Sharp (MOH), CAPT.

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Casualty Info
Home Town
Vernon		 Last Address
Vernon, UT
Casualty Date
Dec 07, 1941		  
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Hawaii		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Salt Lake City Cemetery - Salt Lake City, Utah		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
West-3-148-1-Cent

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Pearl Harbor MemorialWorld War II FallenUnited States Navy Memorial The National Gold Star Family Registry
WWII Memorial National RegistryMedal of Honor RecipientsUtah
  1941, Pearl Harbor Memorial
  1941, World War II Fallen
  1941, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
  1941, The National Gold Star Family Registry
  1941, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page
  1941, Medal of Honor Recipients - Assoc. Page
  2021, Stories Behind The Stars, Utah (Utah) - Chap. Page


  1936-1937, USS Arizona (BB-39)

Commander

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Unit
USS Arizona (BB-39) Unit Page

Rank
Commander
NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
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State/Country
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 USS Arizona (BB-39) Details

USS Arizona (BB-39) 		Pennsylvania Class Battleship: Displacement 31,400 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 6" (oa) x 97' 1" x 29' 10" (Max). Armament 12 x 14"/45 14 x 5"/51, 4 x 3"/50 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Turrets, 3" +2" Decks, 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 34,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 915. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York Naval Ship Yard, March 16, 1914. Launched June 19, 1915. Commissioned October 17, 1916. Decommissioned (War Loss). Stricken December 1, 1942. Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7 1941. Arizona still rests in the berth where she sank. A Memorial to her crew was built over the wreck in 1962. 1,177 Officers and Men were lost with the ship and remain on duty inside her rusting hulk. The wreck is still bleeding fuel oil, more than 70 years after her sinking.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Pennsylvania-class
Strength
Battleship

Created/Owned By
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Last Updated: Jul 28, 2007
   
   
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USS Arizona (BB-39)
Bunton, Frank N. [Other Service Rank]
Alexander, George, CAPT, (1906-1938) Captain
Marshall, Claude, CPO, (1935-1957) Petty Officer First Class
Kirkpatrick, Thomas Leroy, CAPT, (1918-1941) OFF 410X Captain
Crouch, Edwin Mason, CAPT, (1917-1945) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Lohmann, Philip Daniel, RADM, (1923-1953) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Dreith, Joseph Floyd, RADM, (1937-1965) OFF 410X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Harlfinger, Frederick Joseph, VADM, (1935-1974) OFF Ensign
Little, John Grubbs, LTJG, (1935-1941) OFF Ensign
Summers, Glen Allen, PO3, (1937-1941) YN YN-0000 Other Service Rank
Carter, Paxton Turner, P.C., (1934-1941) WO WO Pay Clerk (WO)
Ebel, Walter Charles, CPO, (1926-1941) TC TC-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Royer, Amedee, CPO, (1925-1955) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Sutton, Clyde Westly, CPO, (1917-1941) CS CS-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Borger, Richard, CPO, (1923-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Chace, Raymond Vincent, CPO, (1920-1941) SK SK-0000 Chief Petty Officer
House, Clem Raymond, CPO, (1922-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Lamb, George Samuel, CPO, (1924-1941) SF SF-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Levar, Frank, CPO, (1920-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Molpus, Richard Preston, CPO, (1919-1941) ME ME-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Nelson, Lawrence Adolphus, CTC, (1922-1941) TC TC-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Pettit, Charles Ross, CPO, (1919-1941) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Post, Darrell Albert, CPO, (1933-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Ruskey, Joseph John, CPO, (1921-1941) BM BM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Woolf, Norman Bragg, CPO, (1930-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Isham, Orville Adalbert, CPO, (1929-1941) GM GM-0000 Chief Gunner's Mate
Wilson, Comer Anderson, CPO, (1930-1941) BM BM-0000 Chief Boatswain's Mate
Arrant, John Anderson, PO1, (1936-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bangert, John Henry, PO1, (1936-1941) FC FC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bishop, Grover Barron, PO1, (1936-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Charlton, Charles Nicholas, PO1, (1930-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Cockrum, Kenneth Earl, PO1, (1935-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Davis, Thomas Ray, PO1, (1932-1941) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Ewell, Alfred Adam, PO1, (1930-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hanzel, Edward Joseph, PO1, (1935-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hendrickson, Carl, CPO, (1928-1954) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Murdock, Charles Luther, PO1, (1935-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Reed, James Buchanan, PO1, (1936-1941) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Robertson, James Milton, PO1, (1936-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Sather, William Ford, PO1, (1936-1941) PM PM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Dougherty, Ralph McClearn, PO1, (1917-1941) FC FC-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Hamilton, Clarence James, PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Kieselbach, Charles Ermin, PO1, (1935-1941) CM CM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Lomibao, Marciano, PO1, (1921-1941) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Nelson, Henry Clarence, PO1, (1933-1941) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Schlund, Elmer Pershing, PO1, (1936-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Schrank, Harold Arthur, PO1, (1934-1941) Bkr Bkr-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Schuman, Herman Lincoln, PO1, (1929-1941) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Symonette, Henry, PO1, (1918-1941) OC OC-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Taylor, Aaron Gust, MAtt1c, (1936-1941) MAT MATT-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Van Atta, Garland Wade, PO1, (1928-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Bernard, Frank Peter, PO2, (1935-1941) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Callaghan, James Thomas, PO2, (1936-1941) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Hibbard, Robert Arnold, PO2, (1935-1941) Bkr Bkr-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Konnick, Albert Joseph, PO2, (1936-1941) CM CM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
May, Louis Eugene, S2c, (1937-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Allen, Carl Chester, CPO, (1935-1957) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Anderson, Delbert Jake, PO2, (1937-1941) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Edmunds, Bruce Roosevelt, PO2, (1935-1941) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class

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