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BENNION-MERVYN

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

AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL W/FLEET CLASP

ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/STAR

SERVICE MEMORIES

Captain Mervyn Sharp Bennion was the Commanding Officer of the USS WEST VIRGINIA on the fateful morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941. WEST VIRGINIA was moored in Pearl Harbor just ahead of the USS OKLAHOMA. As the Japanese attack began the first torpedoes struck OKLAHOMA, and three more reached out for the WEST VIRGINIA and opened holes in her side.