MERVYN SHARP BENNION
Rate/Rank
CAPT Service Branch
USN 6/1906 - 12/1941
Born
05/05/1887VERNON, UT
KILLED IN ACTION - USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48, ATTACK BY JAPANESE, 12/07/1941: TORPEDO AND BOMB HITS, PEARL HARBOR HI
CO, USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48
XO, USS ARIZONA BB-39
COMMANDER DESTROYER DIVISION ONE
CO, USS BIDDLE DD-151
CO, USS BERNADIU DD-153
USS MARYLAND BB-46
USS TENNESSEE BB-43
DEPARTMENT OF NAVAL ORDNANCE
USS NEW MEXICO BB-40
USS ST.LOUIS C-20
USS CALIFORNIA BB-44
BUREAU OF ORDNANCE
NAVAL POST GRADUATE SCHOOL, ANNAPOLIS, MD
MEDAL OF HONOR
PURPLE HEART
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL W/FLEET CLASP
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/STAR
