MERVYN  SHARP  BENNION

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Rate/Rank
 CAPT
Service Branch
USN 6/1906 - 12/1941
Born
 05/05/1887
VERNON, UT
KILLED IN ACTION - USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48, ATTACK BY JAPANESE, 12/07/1941: TORPEDO AND BOMB HITS, PEARL HARBOR HI
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
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
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
MEDAL OF HONOR 
PURPLE HEART 
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL W/FLEET CLASP 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/STAR