VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

ENS JOHN A. PAUL, USN

Class 1946
Born March 10, 1924
Died May 28, 1948
Age 24
Hometown Oak Park, Illinois

Lucky Bag Yearbook

From the 1946 Lucky Bag:

Lucky Bag Portrait

John Alexander Paul

Naturally big and loud, “Big John” does everything the way he plays football: hard but clean. He has a great capacity for work when there is no way of avoiding it. Johnny stands about the middle of his class, and before any P-work many savoirs usually come to his room for counsel and advice. His activities vary all the way from varsity guard to the Stamp Club. His principal hobbies are dragging, listening to his favorite song maestros, and sailing. He’s strictly the kind of guy we want on our team when the pressure is on.
He also commanded the 7th Company for the fall term. The Class of 1946 was graduated in June 1945 due to World War II. The entirety of 2nd class (junior) year was removed from the curriculum.

Loss

From the August 1948 issue of Shipmate:

JOHN A. PAUL, (Ens. USN-Deceased). We were sorry to hear of the death of Ens. Paul who was killed in a plane crash in St. Johns River, Fla., 28 May 1948

Other Information

From researcher Kathy Franz:

His father was Alex, a proprietor of a clothing store, mother Anna, bother Harry, sister Alice. His parents were born in Greece.

He is buried in Delaware. (His tombstone is incorrect; it says “Annapolis Graduate Class of 1945.”)

He was married in May 1947.

Henry Graefe ‘46, Howard Mather ‘46, and Brooke Montgomery ‘46 were also members of 7th Company.

Class of 1946

John is one of 36 members of the Class of 1946 on Virtual Memorial Hall.

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