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L/Cdr William Ellison Pennewill

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L/Cdr William Ellison Pennewill Veteran

Birth
Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA
Death
23 Jun 1942 (aged 35)
Burial
Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.1545903, Longitude: -75.5215775
Memorial ID
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William, who resided in Dover, Delaware, served as a Lieutenant Commander with the U.S. Navy Air Corps during World War II.

He was "Killed In Action" when his plane crashed in the Aleutian Islands, for unknown reasons, while on a patrol flight from Kodiak, Alaska.

He had served in the Navy for seventeen years at the time of his death and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Son of William Pennewill and Katherine Ellison Pennewill.

Husband of Lucie Metcalf Reilly Pennewill.

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
William, who resided in Dover, Delaware, served as a Lieutenant Commander with the U.S. Navy Air Corps during World War II.

He was "Killed In Action" when his plane crashed in the Aleutian Islands, for unknown reasons, while on a patrol flight from Kodiak, Alaska.

He had served in the Navy for seventeen years at the time of his death and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Son of William Pennewill and Katherine Ellison Pennewill.

Husband of Lucie Metcalf Reilly Pennewill.

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )


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