William John Clarke Agnew – Rear Admiral, United States Navy

William John Clarke Agnew (1891-1955). Born on December 6, 1891, in High Falls, New York. Attended Long Island College Hospital 1910-1911. M.D. from the University of Vermont in 1914.

Commissioned in the Medical Corps in 1917. Duty at Canacao Naval Hospital, Philippines 1930-1932. Head of the Personnel Division at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery September 1938-November 1944. Rear Admiral on September 18, 1942. Assistant chief of the Bureau November 1944-December 1946. District Medical Officer in the Eleventh, Fourteenth and Ninth Naval Districts 1946-1951. Commanding Officer of the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda October 1951 until retirement May 1952

Decorations include the Legion of Merit. Died on January 26, 1955.

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AGNEW, WILLIAM JOHN CLARKE

  • R/ADM USN
  • DATE OF BIRTH: 12/06/1891
  • DATE OF DEATH: 01/25/1955
  • BURIED AT: SECTION 2  SITE 4940-2
    ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

AGNEW, DRIKA F

  • DATE OF BIRTH: 10/09/1901
  • DATE OF DEATH: 11/08/1982
  • BURIED AT: SECTION 2  SITE 4940-2
    ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
  • WO WJC AGNEW, RA, USN

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