JOHN J. DAUB, JR., LTJG, USN
From USNA Virtual Memorial Hall
John Daub, Jr. '36
Date of birth: May 27, 1915
Date of death: October 31, 1941
Age: 26
Contents
Lucky Bag
From the 1936 Lucky Bag:
Loss
John was lost when USS Reuben James (DD 245) was sunk by a torpedo attack from German submarine U-552 near Iceland on October 31, 1941.
There was no next of kin listed, but he was survived by a brother, 2nd Lt Arthur Craig Daub, US Army Air Corps, who was lost in a plane crash in May 1942.
Class of 1936
John is one of 38 members of the Class of 1936 in Memorial Hall.