World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
John Ogden Bigelow, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Newark, New Jersey
Honored By
A Fellow Vet
He served aboard the escort carrier USS Suwannee (CV-27) in the Pacific Theater. He was sadly lost, when his carrier was hit twice by kamikazes on 26 October 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the liberation of the Philippines.