John Walter Wilcox Jr. (22 March 1882 – 27 March 1942) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy. He saw service in World War I and in the opening...
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(1819–1864), American politician John W. Wilcox Jr. (1882–1942), American admiral Jack Wilcox (1886–1940), British footballer John Wilcox (cinematographer) (1913–1979)...
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Ingersoll, Herbert F. Leary, Byron McCandless, John H. Newton, Harry E. Shoemaker, John M. Smeallie, John W. Wilcox Jr. and Walter B. Woodson. Nimitz joined the...
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William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959) was an American Navy admiral during World War II. He is one of four officers to...
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1867 by Stephen Wilcox, Jr. and his partner George Herman Babcock with the intention of building safer steam boilers. Stephen Wilcox first avowed that...
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26 March 1942 with Task Force 39 under the command of Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, Jr., aboard the battleship Washington. That force was to reinforce the...
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Clair Smith (1930 – 1933) Rear Admiral Yancey S. Williams (1938) John W. Wilcox, Jr. 1939-1940 Service Squadron "Letters sent by Rear Adm. C.H. Hockson...
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(Brigadier General), politician and brigadier general, (d. 1829) John W. Wilcox Jr., rear admiral in the U.S. Navy (d. 1942) "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files"...
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SOURCE: The only other U.S. Navy admiral lost at sea was Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox Jr., who was lost overboard from the battleship USS Washington (BB-56)...
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Representative for Georgia John W. Wilcox, Jr. (1882–1942), United States Navy rear admiral (memorial marker only; Wilcox was lost at sea and his body was...
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satisfactory. The Board of Inspection and Survey, headed by Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, Jr., conducted comparative service tests off New London, Connecticut...
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Admiral John W. Wilcox, Jr., included Wasp, the battleship Washington, the cruiser Tuscaloosa, and eight destroyers. While en route, Wilcox was swept...
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rank of general. When it took effect on 19 July 1954, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. and Lesley J. McNair were posthumously promoted. One officer was posthumously...
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carrier Wasp, with Washington serving as the flagship of Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox Jr., the commander of Battleship Division (BatDiv) 6, part of the Atlantic...
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March 20 – René Coty, 17th President of France (d. 1962) March 22 – John W. Wilcox Jr., American admiral (d. 1942) March 23 – Emmy Noether, German mathematician...
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joining Task Group 39.1 (TG 39.1), under the command of Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, Jr., whose flag flew from the new battleship Washington. TG 39.1 sortied...
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commander of US Navy Atlantic Task Force 39 when its commander, Rear Adm. John W. Wilcox, Jr., was lost at sea. In November 1942, he participated in the North...
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where he served for 14 years before retiring in 2001. He received the 2005 John L. Toner Award from the National Football Foundation and College Football...
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York § USS Texas USS Arkansas Battleship Division 6 (Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox Jr.) USS North Carolina USS Washington § Of these, Battleship Division...
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Department of Physical Training. He served consecutively under Captains John W. Wilcox Jr. and Robert C. Giffen as graduate manager of athletics and was promoted...
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Jannion Steele Elliott, British ornithologist and naturalist (b. 1871) John W. Wilcox Jr., American admiral (lost overboard) (b. 1882) Julio González, Spanish...
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Friedell, William R. Furlong, Stanford C. Hooper, Byron McCandless, John W. Wilcox Jr. and Walter B. Woodson. Newton graduated as Passed Midshipman with...
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The Wilcox rebellion of 1889 (also known as the Wilcox insurrection of 1889) was a revolt led by Robert Wilcox to force King Kalākaua of Hawaii to reenact...
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Herbert F. Leary, Byron McCandless, John H. Newton, Chester W. Nimitz, Harry E. Shoemaker, John M. Smeallie, John W. Wilcox Jr. and Walter B. Woodson. During...
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Atlantic seas near Sable Island en route to Scapa Flow, Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, Jr., task force commander, goes overboard from USS Washington and is...
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Buckinghamshire, England Died: Julio González, 65, Spanish sculptor; John W. Wilcox, Jr., 60, American admiral (lost overboard in stormy weather) The Japanese...
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Ingersoll, Byron McCandless, John H. Newton, Chester W. Nimitz, Harry E. Shoemaker, John M. Smeallie, John W. Wilcox Jr. and Walter B. Woodson. Leary...
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Fairfield and Frances Mary Patten and the great-grandson of Maine Governor John Fairfield. From 1892 to 1895, he attended the Thornton Academy. From 1895...
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Cutter of Annapolis; two children from the first marriage, Slade D. Cutter Jr. of Austin and Anne McCarthy of Santa Fe, N.M.; three stepchildren, Scott...
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1935—May 1937 R.Adm. Harry L. Brinser July 1937—September 1940 R.Adm. John W. Wilcox Jr. September 1940—December 1941 R.Adm. David M. LeBreton December 1941—November...
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