Kelley, John Corey · Digital Collections

Name: Kelley, John Corey
Birth Date: March 4, 1916
Death Date: November 11, 1943
Description: John Corey Kelley. Lieutenant Commander, U.S.Navy Air Force - U.S.S. Enterprise. 4 March 1916 - 11 November 1943. Graduate, Bar Harbor High School and student, University of Maine, 1933. Graduate U.S. Naval Academy, 1938. Captain Navy soccer team. Served on Memphis, Aaron Ward, Enterprise. Fighter pilot at Gilbert and Marshall Islands, Midway cited, and Southwest Pacific. Killed in action, Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville. Distinguished Flying Cross. Purple Heart. 81238
Creator: Bangor Public Library; Ranlett, L. Felix (Louis Felix), 1896-
Date: 1947
Subject: Commemorative works; Military casualties; Soldiers--Maine--Bangor; World War, 1939-1945--Casualties; World War, 1939-1945--Maine--Bangor
Is Part Of: Book of Honor: Bangor Remembers Her Sons Who Died for Victory, 1941-1945; Bangor Public Library Special Collections
Language: English
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