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John Blake Andrews

9 May 1914 – 19 Feb 1942

Birth	9 May 1914
Death	19 Feb 1942
Cemetery	Judith Gap Cemetery Judith Gap , Wheatland County , Montana , USA
Added by	Jim Harrison on 20 Sep 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76825848

Bio

World War II Service; John Andrews served on the USS Lexington (CV-2) in 1939 and then the USS Peary (DD_226) until his death in a Japanese air attack. On 19 February 1942 Darwin experienced a massive Japanese air attack. At about 1045, Peary was attacked by Japanese dive bombers, and was struck by five bombs. The first bomb exploded on the fantail, the second, an incendiary, on the galley deck house; the third did not explode; the fourth hit forward and set off the forward ammunition magazines; the fifth, another incendiary, exploded in the after engine room. A .30 caliber machine gun on the after deck house and a .50 caliber machine gun on the galley deck house fired until the last enemy plane flew away. Peary suffered 88 men killed and 13 wounded; she sank stern first at about 1300 on 19 February 1942. She was struck from the Navy List on 8 May 1942 connect to Memorial 2362296943 which has lengthy story. Also add service number 3684570 Contributor: Lee B (49297503

Inscription

Fireman First Class, U.S. Navy, World War II Purple Heart Killed in Action on the USS Peary (DD-226)

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Family

Parents

• Adelbert Bradford Andrews Sr 1851–1931
• Jessie Sanford Kellie Andrews 1881–1958 FaG

Siblings

• Ethel M Andrews Adams 1882–1956
• Percy J. Andrews 1887–1895
• Edith Norton 1890–1985
• Jessie Fern Andrews Hanson 1892–1970
• Ruth M Leimbach 1903–1974
• Bernice Jane Andrews Passmore 1904–1993
• Searles Burton Andrews 1905–1982
• Uriel Beatrice Andrews Logan 1906–1992
• Gladys Elizabeth Andrews 1907–1992
• Adelbert Bradford "Del" Andrews Jr 1909–1971
• Grace Andrews Thompson 1911–1960
• Gertrude Andrews Fryer 1912–1961
• F1c John Blake Andrews 1914–1942 FaG
• James Bruce Andrews 1915–1973
• Nathan Hale Andrews 1917–1938
• Clyde Dexter Andrews 1920–1982
• Charles Byron "Chuck" Andrews 1924–2015

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