Bacon Jr. , Fredrick John

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Fredrick John Bacon Jr.

Unit/Placed in, Marine Dive Bomber Squadron 333 (VSMB-333), United States Marine Corps.

Fredrick is born approx. on 14 Nov. 1923 in Lyme, New York.

Father, Fredrick J. Bacon Sr.

Mother, Grace M. (Wallace) Bacon.

Sister(s), Lilian M. Bacon.

Brother(s), Robert L. Bacon.

Spouse, Helen M. (Jarett) Bacon.

Fredrick enlisted the service in New York with service number # 428895.

Fredrick‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a Grumman SBD were,

1^st Lt. Ralph D. Fitzgerarld Pilot

SSgt. Fredrick J. Bacon Radio Operator/Gunner

Fredrick died in a training flight (accidental) they crashed in the Ocean near Midway on 1 Aug. 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Fredrick is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian