WWII · Battle Death Record
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy · Massachusetts
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
- Entered the Service From
- Massachusetts
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Unit / Regiment
- Bombing Squadron 110 (VB-110)
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- August 12, 1944
- Awards
- Navy Cross, Air Medal
- Burial / Memorial
- Commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
- Grave
- Tablets of the Missing
Their story
Eldest son of Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy and brother of the future President John F. Kennedy. A naval aviator killed when his explosive-laden bomber detonated prematurely over England during Operation Aphrodite. His remains were never recovered.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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