John Walter Wilcox, Jr.

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Rear Admiral John Walter Wilcox, Jr., (22 March, 1882 – 27 March, 1942) served in the United States Navy.

Life & Career

Wilcox was lost overboard off Halifax from the battleship U.S.S. Washington while en route to Scapa Flow. He had been seen walking unaccompanied on the deck without a coat with high seas. A search aircraft crashed with two dead, and his body was sighted from a destroyer, but was not recovered. Investigation considered ideas of accident, suicide, heart attack, and even foul play, but no determination could be reached.

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Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Carlos A. Bailey
Captain of U.S.S. Hopkins
4 Jun, 1924[1] – after 1 Jan, 1925[2]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 24-25.
  2. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 24-25.