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Eugene
Russell
Shannon
MIA (WWII) KIA)

Home:

Freeport

, 

Illinois

Buried: 

Honolulu

, 

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial of the Pacific Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant (ChC)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Bismarck Sea (CVE-95)

    Action Date:

    February 21, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 350 (May 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant (ChC) Eugene Russell Shannon (NSN: 0-201498), United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) for heroic conduct while serving as Chaplain aboard the U.S.S. BISMARCK SEA (CVE-95) at Iwo Jima on 21 February 1945.