Benton, John Lewis, LTJG

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Last Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1942-1943, USS Grampus (SS-207)

Service Years
1938 - 1943

Lieutenant Junior Grade

Lieutenant Junior Grade

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Personal Details

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Home State

North Carolina

North Carolina

Year of Birth
1920

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Casualty Info

Home Town Hamlet, NC	Last Address Hamlet, NC

Casualty Date Mar 05, 1943
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines	Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)

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Last Known Activity:

The USS Grampus (SS-207) left on her sixth war patrol 11 February 1943, operating off of New Britain. There are conflicting accounts of when she was sunk but she was declared missing 3 March 1943, and struck from the Navy list on 21 June 1943. Lieutenant Junior Grade Benton was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 19 January 1946.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 123299

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1938-1941, United States Naval Academy

FromYear 1938	ToYear 1941
College United States Naval Academy
Major Engineering

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Last Updated:Jan 19, 2010

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