Connally, John, Jr., LCDR

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Last Primary NEC
250X-Judge Advocate General Corps Officer
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1945-1946, 250X, USS Bennington (CV-20)
Service Years
1941 - 1946
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander

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Home State
Texas
Texas
 Year of Birth
1917
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Floresville
Date of Passing
Jun 15, 1993		  
Location of Interment
Texas State Cemetery - Austin, Texas		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Plot: Republic Hill, Section 2, Row P, Number 9

 Official Badges 

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) US Naval Reserve Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Golden Dragon


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Celebrities Who ServedWWII Memorial National Registry
  2016, Celebrities Who Served - Assoc. Page
  2016, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

61st United States Secretary of the Treasury
February 11, 1971 – June 12, 1972
   
39th Governor of Texas
January 15, 1963 – January 21, 1969
   
55th United States Secretary of the Navy
8th Secretary under the DoD
In office
January 25, 1961 – December 20, 1961
   

   
Other Comments:

Kennedy Assassination



On November 22, 1963, Connally was sitting in the jump seat of Kennedy's open-topped limo as the president visited Dallas. When shots were fired, Connally was hit by a bullet that passed through Kennedy. The governor was wounded on his back, chest, wrist and thigh, and drifted in and out of consciousness for days. He finally became alert as he watched television coverage of Kennedy's funeral.



For a time, Connally was convinced that Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had intended to kill him instead. The reason, he said, was that Oswald had once petitioned Connally, when he was Secretary of the Navy, to upgrade his discharge from the Marines. Connally had never responded to the request.
   
  1945-1946, 250X, USS Bennington (CV-20)

Lieutenant Commander

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- / 1946

Unit
USS Bennington (CV-20) Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant Commander
NEC
250X-Judge Advocate General Corps Officer

Base, Station or City
South Pacific
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Bennington (CV-20) Details

USS Bennington (CV-20) 		Hull number CV-20
  • Essex class (short-hull) Fleet Carrier:
  • Displacement: 27,100 tons
  • Length: 872'
  • Extreme width: 147' 6"
  • Beam: 93'
  • Draft: 28'7"
  • Speed: 33 kts.
  • Armament: 12 - 5"/38, 103 planes
  • Complement: 3448
  • Built at New York Navy Yard and Launched 26 February 1944
  • Commissioned 6 August 1944 as CV-20
  • Out of commission in reserve at Norfolk 8 November 1946.
  • Recommissioned 13 November 1952 as CVA-20
  • One of her catapults exploded 26 May 1954
  • New York Naval Shipyard
    repairs & complete rebuild 12 June 1954 - 19 March 1955
  • Departed Mayport Fla., 8 September 1955 for the Pacific
  • Redesignated as CVS-20 an ASW carrier 30 June 1959
  • Decommissioned 15 January 1970
  • Stricken 20 September 1989
  • Sold for scrap 12 January 1994



Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Essex-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Nov 10, 2022
   
   
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USS Bennington (CV-20)
Sprague, Clifton Albert F, VADM, (1917-1951) OFF 132X Rear Admiral Upper Half
Hamm, Andrew Britte, LCDR, (1939-1945) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Jennings, Robert Harvey, CDR, (1943-1954) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Tabler, Rodney Charles, LT, (1942-1945) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Stetler, Charles Jackson, ENS, (1943-1945) OFF 131X Ensign
Cosbie, Robert, LTJG, (1943-1945) OFF 630X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Schroer, Franklin, MCPO, (1941-1961) AD AD-0000 Chief Petty Officer
MORRIS, WILLIAM, PO1, (1941-1946) EM EM-4615 Petty Officer First Class
Genre, Robert, CPO, (1938-1978) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Jobson, John, PO2, (1944-1952) CYN CYN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Briggs, Sylvan W., PO2, (1936-1946) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Foreman, Guy William, PO2, (1941-1945) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Hanke, John, PO2, (1944-1946) ART ART-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Clower, Howard, PO3, (1944-1946) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Coffey, Leonard, S2c, (1943-1946) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Dye, James Wesley, PO3, (1943-1945) ARM ARM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Pettinger, Walter, PO3, (1944-1946) AMH AM-8345 Petty Officer Third Class
York, Grady Alvah, PO3, (1943-1945) AO AO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Iden, Donald Bert, PO3, (1943-1946) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Chester L., Maxwell, S1c, (1944-1946) AO 8286 Seaman First Class
Deschenes, Roland Clarence, S1c, (1944-1946) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Handzel, Stanley, S1c, (1945-1946) 00 00E Seaman First Class
Jahnz, Roy Louis, S1c, (1945-1946) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
MUIRHEAD, ROSS, S1c, (1945-1946) 00 00E Seaman First Class
HESSEL, EDWARD, CAPT Lieutenant Commander
Gregory, Hayden, CDR, (1941-1968) Lieutenant
Fox, James, PO1, (1943-1946) ARM Petty Officer First Class
Hanken, Robert, PO1, (1941-1945) Petty Officer First Class
Martin, Howard, PO1, (1941-1947) Petty Officer Second Class

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