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John Van Der Hooning

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John Van Der Hooning Veteran

Birth
Grand Rapids Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Death
26 May 1954 (aged 40)
Burial
Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
E, 958-A
Memorial ID
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Died from explosion & fire on board the U.S. aircraft carrier Bennington. John was one of 103 men killed.

According to Navy reports: At 08:11 a.m., 26 May 1954, while cruising off Narragansett Bay, the fluid in the port catapult exploded, setting off a series of secondary explosions which killed 103 crewmen and injured 201 others. Bennington proceeded under her own power to Quonset Point, R.I.
Died from explosion & fire on board the U.S. aircraft carrier Bennington. John was one of 103 men killed.

According to Navy reports: At 08:11 a.m., 26 May 1954, while cruising off Narragansett Bay, the fluid in the port catapult exploded, setting off a series of secondary explosions which killed 103 crewmen and injured 201 others. Bennington proceeded under her own power to Quonset Point, R.I.


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