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SEAMAN SECOND CLASS JOHN
CHARLES McKENDRICK grew up, along with his older brother Charles, in the
home of his Aunt and Uncle, Johanna and Peter Reilly, on Milford Avenue
in Berlin NJ. He was a member of Our lady of Mount Carmel Church. By 1930 Mr. and Mrs. Reilly, who had twelve children of
their own, had purchased their home. Mr. Reilly worked as a produce
salesman, and three of the grown children were working. One son, John
Francis Reilly, would join the Army and also lose his life in
service during World War II.
John Charles McKendrick enlisted in the U.S. Navy in November 1941. He served
aboard the cruiser. USS
Quincy, where he was killed in action on August 8, 1942 during
the Battle of Savo Island.
Originally listed as missing, he was declared dead one year and one day
later.
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