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United States Naval Academy "Class of 1938"
John was lost when his F6F-3 Hellcat was shot down near Segi, Solomon Islands, on November 11, 1943. He was the executive officer of Fighting Squadron (VF) 33, operating from USS Independence (CVL 22).
Service # 0-081238
Rank Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
★ Distinguished Flying Cross
KELLEY, John C, LT, 81238, Fighting Squadron 33, Treasury-Bougainville operation in support of air actions, November 11, 1943, (CasCode6222), dd November 12, 1944.
John C. Kelley
HOME OF RECORD:
Bangor, Maine
AWARDS BY DATE OF ACTION: 1 of 1
Distinguished Flying Cross
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
GENERAL ORDERS:
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 329 (August 1944)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander John C. Kelley (NSN: 0-81238), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Executive Officer of Fighting Squadron THIRTY-THREE (VF-33), in the Pacific area from September to November 1943. Lieutenant Commander Kelley led his division against a large force of Japanese planes near Empress Augusta Bay and shot down one enemy dive bomber. On a later occasion he maneuvered his plane through intense anti-aircraft fire and sent two Japanese planes crashing into the sea, although his own was badly damaged and burning.
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/JOHN_C._KELLEY,_LCDR,_USN
Fold3 by Ancestry
https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNbyNameK.htm
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/kelley%3Djohn-5
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
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Husband of Camilla Hogan. They were married July 18, 1942, in Manhattan, NY.
Camilla, the daughter of Charles Washington Hogan (# 172703311) and Gertrude Elizabeth Barker (# 172703312), was b. August, 1915, New London, CT; d. 2002, CT
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United States Naval Academy "Class of 1938"
John was lost when his F6F-3 Hellcat was shot down near Segi, Solomon Islands, on November 11, 1943. He was the executive officer of Fighting Squadron (VF) 33, operating from USS Independence (CVL 22).
Service # 0-081238
Rank Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
★ Distinguished Flying Cross
KELLEY, John C, LT, 81238, Fighting Squadron 33, Treasury-Bougainville operation in support of air actions, November 11, 1943, (CasCode6222), dd November 12, 1944.
John C. Kelley
HOME OF RECORD:
Bangor, Maine
AWARDS BY DATE OF ACTION: 1 of 1
Distinguished Flying Cross
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
GENERAL ORDERS:
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 329 (August 1944)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander John C. Kelley (NSN: 0-81238), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Executive Officer of Fighting Squadron THIRTY-THREE (VF-33), in the Pacific area from September to November 1943. Lieutenant Commander Kelley led his division against a large force of Japanese planes near Empress Augusta Bay and shot down one enemy dive bomber. On a later occasion he maneuvered his plane through intense anti-aircraft fire and sent two Japanese planes crashing into the sea, although his own was badly damaged and burning.
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/JOHN_C._KELLEY,_LCDR,_USN
Fold3 by Ancestry
https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNbyNameK.htm
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/kelley%3Djohn-5
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Husband of Camilla Hogan. They were married July 18, 1942, in Manhattan, NY.
Camilla, the daughter of Charles Washington Hogan (# 172703311) and Gertrude Elizabeth Barker (# 172703312), was b. August, 1915, New London, CT; d. 2002, CT
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United States Naval Academy "Class of 1938"
John was lost when his F6F-3 Hellcat was shot down near Segi, Solomon Islands, on November 11, 1943. He was the executive officer of Fighting Squadron (VF) 33, operating from USS Independence (CVL 22).
Service # 0-081238
Rank Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
★ Distinguished Flying Cross
KELLEY, John C, LT, 81238, Fighting Squadron 33, Treasury-Bougainville operation in support of air actions, November 11, 1943, (CasCode6222), dd November 12, 1944.
John C. Kelley
HOME OF RECORD:
Bangor, Maine
AWARDS BY DATE OF ACTION: 1 of 1
Distinguished Flying Cross
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
GENERAL ORDERS:
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 329 (August 1944)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander John C. Kelley (NSN: 0-81238), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Executive Officer of Fighting Squadron THIRTY-THREE (VF-33), in the Pacific area from September to November 1943. Lieutenant Commander Kelley led his division against a large force of Japanese planes near Empress Augusta Bay and shot down one enemy dive bomber. On a later occasion he maneuvered his plane through intense anti-aircraft fire and sent two Japanese planes crashing into the sea, although his own was badly damaged and burning.
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/JOHN_C._KELLEY,_LCDR,_USN
Fold3 by Ancestry
https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNbyNameK.htm
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/kelley%3Djohn-5
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Husband of Camilla Hogan. They were married July 18, 1942, in Manhattan, NY.
Camilla, the daughter of Charles Washington Hogan (# 172703311) and Gertrude Elizabeth Barker (# 172703312), was b. August, 1915, New London, CT; d. 2002, CT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
United States Naval Academy "Class of 1938"
John was lost when his F6F-3 Hellcat was shot down near Segi, Solomon Islands, on November 11, 1943. He was the executive officer of Fighting Squadron (VF) 33, operating from USS Independence (CVL 22).
Service # 0-081238
Rank Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
★ Distinguished Flying Cross
KELLEY, John C, LT, 81238, Fighting Squadron 33, Treasury-Bougainville operation in support of air actions, November 11, 1943, (CasCode6222), dd November 12, 1944.
John C. Kelley
HOME OF RECORD:
Bangor, Maine
AWARDS BY DATE OF ACTION: 1 of 1
Distinguished Flying Cross
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
GENERAL ORDERS:
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 329 (August 1944)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander John C. Kelley (NSN: 0-81238), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Executive Officer of Fighting Squadron THIRTY-THREE (VF-33), in the Pacific area from September to November 1943. Lieutenant Commander Kelley led his division against a large force of Japanese planes near Empress Augusta Bay and shot down one enemy dive bomber. On a later occasion he maneuvered his plane through intense anti-aircraft fire and sent two Japanese planes crashing into the sea, although his own was badly damaged and burning.
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/JOHN_C._KELLEY,_LCDR,_USN
Fold3 by Ancestry
https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNbyNameK.htm
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/kelley%3Djohn-5
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Husband of Camilla Hogan. They were married July 18, 1942, in Manhattan, NY.
Camilla, the daughter of Charles Washington Hogan (# 172703311) and Gertrude Elizabeth Barker (# 172703312), was b. August, 1915, New London, CT; d. 2002, CT
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