World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John J. Hennessey
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Honored By
A Grateful American
TECHNICAL SERGEANT, RADIO OPERATOR, B-24 LIBERATOR, 400TH SQUADRON (BLACK PIRATES), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF LEWIS JONES CREW. KILLED AUGUST 15, 1943, WHEN PLANE CRASHED INTO THE OCEAN. MISSION AIR CREW REPORT #4827. AWARDED: PURPLE HEART, AIR MEDAL.