Bright, Damon Keppler, LTJG

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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
Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Junior Grade

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Home State
Illinois
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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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, VF-46 Men-O-War

Lieutenant Junior Grade

From Month/Year
- / 1944
To Month/Year
February / 1945

Unit
VF-46 Men-O-War Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade
NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
 Patch
 VF-46 Men-O-War Details

VF-46 Men-O-War

Type
Aviation Fixed Wing 		 

Parent Unit
Fixed Wing
Strength
Navy Squadron

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Dec 8, 2019
   
   
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VF-46 Men-O-War
Harwood, Arnold Connell, LT, (1937-1944) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Jones, John Isaac, LCDR, (1941-1946) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Apgar, Billy Robert, LTJG, (1942-1945) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Fielding, John Richard, LTJG, (1943-1946) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Lieber, Frederick Eugene, LTJG, (1941-1945) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Reeder, Ralph Leo, LTJG, (1942-1945) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Thomas, Alfred Wm. Clement, LT, (1937-1951) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Rooney, Carl William, CAPT, (1928-1961) OFF 00X Commander
Van Atta, Rex Wood, LCDR, (1941-1946) OFF 00X Lieutenant Commander
Weatherup, Robert Alexander, CDR, (1936-1961) OFF 00X Lieutenant Commander
Badger, Heber Jenkins, CAPT, (1941-1961) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Barley, Donald Loree, LCDR, (1942-1946) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Fogde, Frank Delbert, CAPT, (1941-1974) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Jones, Carl Owen, LCDR, (1941-1955) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Lee, Robert Edward, LCDR, (1940-1956) OFF 00X Lieutenant
McNees, Richard Brown, CAPT, (1940-1972) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Morrison, Angus Truesdale, LCDR, (1941-1946) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Rivers, Jack Douglas, LT, (1941-1946) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Schroeder, William A, CDR, (1942-1967) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Stames, William Alexander, CDR, (1941-1969) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Ziesing, August Hibben, LCDR, (1942-1946) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Butler, James R, LTJG, (1942-1945) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Byron, Robert John, LTJG, (1942-1947) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Crampton, Joseph Arthur, LTJG, (1942-1946) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Delehaunty, Thomas Matthew, LT, (1942-1947) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Flodquist, Robert Dale, LTJG, (1942-1946) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Gentry, John Kenna, LTJG, (1942-1948) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Jones, Carleton Tinkham, LTJG, (1940-1945) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
McMullin, Vincent de Paul, LTJG, (1942-1946) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Pruett, James William, LTJG, (1942-1946) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Purcell, Charles K, LCDR, (1942-1966) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Rogg, Richard Merl, LT, (1942-1959) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Schleis, William Joseph, CDR, (1943-1970) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Shaw, Wesley Raymond, CDR, (1942-1970) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Shimer, Robert Franklin, CDR, (1941-1969) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Sparks, Samuel Armstrong, CAPT, (1942-1971) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Stewart, Marlar Everett, CAPT, (1942-1974) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Adair., Alfred Woodrow, LCDR, (1942-1968) OFF 00X Ensign
Adgate., Leland Victor, ENS, (1942-1945) OFF 00X Ensign
Agesen, Bruce Martin, LCDR, (1942-1966) OFF 00X Ensign
Albertson, Dean Howard, LTJG, (1943-1953) OFF 00X Ensign
Ballard, John Vernon, LT, (1942-1966) OFF 00X Ensign
Bender, John Emil, LT, (1941-1947) OFF 00X Ensign
Butler, Stephen John, LTJG, (1942-1946) OFF 00X Ensign
Clark, Omer Harold, ENS, (1943-1945) OFF 00X Ensign
Dyer, Robert Theodore, ENS, (1942-1946) OFF 00X Ensign
Garlock, Bruce Herbert, LTJG, (1942-1946) OFF 00X Ensign
Jones, Lawrence Norman, LTJG, (1942-1946) OFF 00X Ensign
Kooyenga, Peter, LTJG, (1943-1948) OFF 00X Ensign
Plecha, Zigmund, CDR, (1942-1971) OFF 00X Ensign
Robinett, Everett Raymond, LCDR, (1942-1969) OFF 00X Ensign
Schoenberger, Walter Smith, LT, (1942-1967) OFF 00X Ensign
Sullivan, Timothy, ENS, (1942-1944) OFF 00X Ensign
Hudson, Gip Railey, LT, (1942-1946) OFF 210X Lieutenant
Moran, Maurice James, LTJG, (1942-1946) OFF 636X Ensign
Hathaway, Leon Henry, CPO, (1930-1945) ARM ARM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Lemon, Howard Clay, CPO, (1929-1948) AD AMMF-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Mason, Ishmael Getzen, CPO, (1941-1946) ARM ARM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Rigmaiden, Ray, LCDR, (1940-1969) AOM AOM-0000 Chief Petty Officer

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