Waldron, John Charles, 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, VT-8

Service Years
1924 - 1942

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

South Dakota

Year of Birth
1900

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Casualty Info

Home Town Fort Pierre, South Dakota	Last Address with VT-8 deployed in the Pacific. Remembered in Saint John's Cemetery Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, Section 49

Casualty Date Jun 04, 1942
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Midway Islands	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Buried at Sea - N/A, Pacific Ocean	Wall/Plot Coordinates Lost at Sea with most of VT-8 off Midway Islands.

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1942, The National Gold Star Family Registry

1924-1926, 111X, USS Seattle (CA-11)

From Month/Year - / 1924	To Month/Year - / 1926
Unit USS Seattle (CA-11) Unit Page
Rank Ensign	NEC 111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Seattle (CA-11) Details
	Hull number CA-11
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Heavy Cruiser
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jun 19, 2007

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8 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Seattle (CA-11)

Fox, Douglas Harold, LCDR, (1926-1942)	OFF	110X	Lieutenant
Brown, Lloyd, SN, (1918-1925)	MU	MU-0000	Seaman
Hughes, Charles Frederick, ADM, (1888-1930)			Admiral
Stirling, Jr., Yates, RADM, (1892-1936)			Rear Admiral Lower Half
Gygax, Felix Xerxes, RADM, (1906-1946)			Commander
Deyo, Morton Lyndholm, VADM, (1911-1949)			Lieutenant Commander
Hill, Harry Wilbur, ADM, (1911-1954)			Lieutenant Commander
Quinlan, Earl Harrison, LCDR, (1913-1934)			Lieutenant Commander