JOHN M. ENNIS, LCDR, USN

John Ennis '35

Date of birth: January 23, 1913

Date of death: July 15, 1943

Age: 30

Lucky Bag

From the 1935 Lucky Bag:

JOHN MATTHEW ENNIS

Lewistown, Montana

"John" "Radical"

THERE are almost six feet more of this Westerner that the photo doesn't show, and which his opponents on the football field have had a hard time seeing until after the accident. In John, the profession of arms acclaims a member who is also adept with the pen; a pleasantly impedantic student in whose intellectual world academics occupy only the smallest part. Time, carrying away with it all superficialities, has shown to us a man to whom the shortness of this sketch does an injustice, whose animated interest in the world as he finds it is a constant source of delight, and whose kindly patience, thoughtful encouragement, and downright loyalty have made him an indispensable support to a blundering roommate.

Football 4, 3, 2, 1. 1 P. O.

JOHN MATTHEW ENNIS

Lewistown, Montana

"John" "Radical"

THERE are almost six feet more of this Westerner that the photo doesn't show, and which his opponents on the football field have had a hard time seeing until after the accident. In John, the profession of arms acclaims a member who is also adept with the pen; a pleasantly impedantic student in whose intellectual world academics occupy only the smallest part. Time, carrying away with it all superficialities, has shown to us a man to whom the shortness of this sketch does an injustice, whose animated interest in the world as he finds it is a constant source of delight, and whose kindly patience, thoughtful encouragement, and downright loyalty have made him an indispensable support to a blundering roommate.

Football 4, 3, 2, 1. 1 P. O.

Life & Loss

John was lost on July 15, 1943 when his plane crashed "thirteen miles from NAS, Hollister, California." (Information from September 1946 issue of SHIPMATE.)

John was born in Washington and entered the Naval Academy from Iowa. John is listed in the 1937 Register of Commissioned Officers as serving on USS Gilmer. He was promoted to LTjg June 6, 1938. In the April 1, 1941 Navy Directory he's listed as a LTjg under instruction at NAS Pensacola. He was promoted to Lieutenant January 1, 1942 and LCDR on May 1, 1943.

He is buried in Washington.

Class of 1935

John is one of 56 members of the Class of 1935 in Memorial Hall.

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