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Home Town Hackensack, NJ
Last Address Middlebury, VT
Date of Passing Sep 15, 1972
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
Wall/Plot Coordinates 2 209
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Henry Kent Hewitt was commander of amphibious operations in North Africa and southern Europe through World War II. He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1906.
Following World War II, he commanded U.S. Naval Forces Europe, advised the Naval War College, and served as a Navy representative to the United Nations. Hewitt retired from active duty to Orwell, Vermont in 1949.
Other Memories Twelfth Fleet (Established 15 March 1943, previously Naval Forces, Europe, which was formed 30 April 1942) Admiral Harold R. Stark: 15 March 1943--15 August 1945 Admiral H. Kent Hewitt: 16 August 1945--2 September 1945
