Foote., John Storrs, LTJG

POW/MIA

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1944-1944, 131X, USS Essex (CV-9)

Service Years
1942 - 1944

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Personal Details

Home State

West Virginia

Year of Birth
1921

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Contact Info

Home Town McGraws	Last Address VB-14 on USS Essex. Cenotaph at Sect. 55, Lot 8-F of Evergreen Cemetery Southgate, Campbell County, Kentucky
MIA Date Nov 11, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific	Conflict World War II

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

                                                  VB-15
                         PILOT: CURTISS SB2C-3 HELLDIVER

LTJG  FOOTE'S AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN DURING THE BATTLE OF
                                  LEYTE GULF, 11 NOV 1944.

                                   USS HORNET (CV-12)

                                       USS ESSEX (CV-9)

Other Comments:

Also memorialized at: Manila American Cemetery
Location: Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines

1944-1944, 131X, Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Creeds, VA

From Month/Year - / 1944	To Month/Year - / 1944
Unit Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Creeds, VA Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade	NEC 131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Creeds, VA Details

	Type Communications
	Parent Unit Naval Facilities	Strength Facility
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jul 4, 2009

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5 Members Also There at Same Time

Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Creeds, VA

Brewer, Charles Walter, CDR, (1934-1944)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant Commander
Crellin, Conrad Wesley, LTJG, (1942-1944)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Livesay, Melvin Grey, ENS, (1942-1944)	OFF	131X	Ensign
Whitby, Stanley Nelson, PO2, (1942-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Shetler, Carl Edward, PO3, (1942-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class