Beedon, John Wixson, LT

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant

Last Primary NEC
144X-Engineering Duty Officer - Ship Engineering Specialist

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1941-1943, USS Kanawha (AO-1)

Service Years
1941 - 1943

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1919

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Casualty Info

Home Town Albion, NY	Last Address 25 4th Ave Nyack, NY (Wife~Jean Quackenbush Beedon)

Casualty Date Apr 08, 1943
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines	Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing (cenotaph)

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

1941-1943, USS Kanawha (AO-1)

From Month/Year - / 1941	To Month/Year April / 1943
Unit USS Kanawha (AO-1) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country United States

Patch	USS Kanawha (AO-1) Details
	Hull number AO-1
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Auxiliary
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Apr 8, 2019

Yearbook

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4 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Kanawha (AO-1)

Zoeller, Albert, CWO3, (1931-1954)	QM	QM-0000	Petty Officer 1st Class
Marshall, Leslie Bennett, PO2, (1941-1944)	MM	MM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Spillman, Gene Harding, PO2, (1939-1943)	WT	WT-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Williams, Charles Arthur, CPO, (1939-1945)	MM	MM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class