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Hampshire John Frederick, Jr.

Name:
John Frederick, Jr. Hampshire
Rank:
Captain
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Date of Death:
1943-05-02
State:
Oregon
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cem. of the Pacific, Hawaii
Plot:
Section C, Plot 292
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John Frederick Hampshire, Jr. was born on May 16, 1919 in Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. He served in the US Air Corps as a Captain and pilot of a P-40 druing World War II. John died on May 2, 1943 in China at the age of 23 and is now buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.