ACRMA John Hovey Fitch, USN

World War II Service:

• US Navy
• Aviation Chief Radioman
• Patrol Squadron 91, Guadalcanal
• USS Blackhawk
• Died in "The Bombardment"
• 14 Oct 1942

FITCH, John H, ACRMA, 3855792, USN, from Washington, location Pacific Ocean, missing, date of loss October 14, 1942 (pm) + FITCH, John H, Aviation Chief Radioman, 3855792, USN, from Washington, December 1945 (WW2), Honolulu Memorial (bm) + FITCH, John Hovey, Aviation Chief Radioman, USN. Wife, Mrs. Marie Magdalene Fitch, 73 Mission St., Santa Cruz, Calif (na) + FITCH, John W, ACRMA, 3855792, Patrol Squadron 91, Guadalcanal, October 14, 1942, (CasCode6222), dd December 4, 1945 (bp2)

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"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MY-SL86?cc=2000219&w... : accessed 26 May 2021), California > San Diego > San Diego Judicial Township, San Diego, Councilmanic District 2 > 62-43 San Diego Judicial Township, San Diego City Councilmanic District 2 in Assembly District 78 > image 10 of 32; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.

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John H Fitch, Census • United States Census, 1940

John H Fitch's Spouses and Children

Marie K Fitch Wife F
29 Siberia

Mary D Fitch Daughter F
1 Philippines

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K98W-LL8 : 6 January 2021), John H Fitch, San Diego Judicial Township, San Diego, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62-43, sheet 5B, line 56, family 171, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 449.

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