Eldridge, John, Jr., LCDR

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1941-1942, 131X, USS Wasp (CV-7)

Service Years
1927 - 1942

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Personal Details

Home State

Virginia

Year of Birth
1903

This Military Service Page was created/owned by Tommy Burgdorf (Birddog), FC2 to remember Eldridge, John, Jr., LCDR.

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Casualty Info

Home Town Buckingham, VA	Last Address Norfolk, VA

Casualty Date Nov 02, 1942
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines	Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing (cenotaph)

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page
	2013, World War II Fallen
	2013, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2013, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Tributes from Members


	Namesake ~ USS Eldridge DE-173 posted by Burgdorf, Tommy (Birddog), FC2 439

1929-1929, 111X, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

From Month/Year - / 1929	To Month/Year - / 1929
Unit USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Unit Page
Rank Ensign	NEC 111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Details
	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, 31,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 915. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., October 27, 1913. Launched 16 March 1915. Commissioned June 12, 1916. Decommissioned August 29, 1946. Stricken February 19, 1948. Fate: Target During Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Scuttled off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, February 10, 1948.
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Pennsylvania-class	Strength Battleship
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Oct 5, 2016

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