Bright, Damon Keppler, LTJG

Fallen

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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
1944-1945, 131X, VF-46 Men-O-War

Service Years
1942 - 1945

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Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Year of Birth
1921

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Casualty Info

Home Town Bellvedere, IL	Last Address with VF-46 aboard USS Cowpens in the Pacific. Lt(jg) Bright's remains are actually Lost around Tokyo, Japan.

Casualty Date Feb 17, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Belvedere Cemetery - Belvedere, Illinois	Wall/Plot Coordinates CENOTAPH
Military Service Number 306 427

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Last Known Activity:

LTJG Bright was a pilot with VF-46 stationed aboard the USS Cowpens. Although no details about his loss is available, it is known that he left on a mission near Tokyo, Japan and never returned. He was listed as missing in action and later declared dead.

1944-1945, 131X, USS Cowpens (CVL-25)

From Month/Year - / 1944	To Month/Year February / 1945
Unit USS Cowpens (CVL-25) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade	NEC 131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Cowpens (CVL-25) Details
	Hull number CVL-25
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Independence-class	Strength Aircraft Carrier
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 8, 2019

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12 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Cowpens (CVL-25)

Apgar, Billy Robert, LTJG, (1942-1945)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Adair., Alfred Woodrow, LCDR, (1942-1968)	OFF	00X	Ensign
Clark, Omer Harold, ENS, (1943-1945)	OFF	00X	Ensign
Garlock, Bruce Herbert, LTJG, (1942-1946)	OFF	00X	Ensign
LAWRENCE, WILLARD, (1943-1947)	00	OC	[Other Service Rank]
Schutrum, Elmer Clarence, WO, (1929-1950)	MM	MM-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Daisey, John Russell, PO1, (1941-1946)	AMM	AMM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Minnick, Robert Milroy, PO2, (1942-1945)	AO	8286	Petty Officer Second Class
Sheaffer, Thomas Joe, PO2, (1943-1946)	RM	RM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Rowell, Cliva, PO3, (1944-1946)	YN	YN-2505	Petty Officer Third Class
Cameron, Willie, S1c, (1942-1944)	S1c	S1c-0000	Seaman First Class
Gill, Raymond, S1c, (1944-1946)			Seaman First Class