Joseph
Patrick
Kennedy
Jr.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Brother of
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Rose Marie Kennedy, Kathleen Agnes (Kennedy) Cavendish, Eunice Mary (Kennedy) Shriver, Patricia (Kennedy) Lawford, Robert Francis Kennedy, Jean Ann (Kennedy) Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy
Died
at age 29
in military flight explosion over Suffolk, England
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Mar 2011
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Biography
Joseph Kennedy Jr. is Notable.
Joseph was born in 1915. He is the son of Joseph Kennedy. Joseph's mother was Rose Fitzgerald. He died in action, serving his country, while flying over Suffolk, England on the 12th of August in 1944.[1].
He was educated at Harvard and he was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II. A Naval Aviator, LT Kennedy was awarded the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal, and various campaign medals for his service. The USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850) was named after him.
Handsome, athletic, intelligent and ambitious, Joseph Kennedy Jr. had been pegged by his father as the one among his children who would some day become president of the United States. John F. Kennedy. (2014). [2]
Sources
- Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America. London: Burke's Peerage, 1981. Print.
Footnotes
- ↑ n.p.,Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America. London: Burke's Peerage, 1981. Print.
- ↑ The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 05:49, Jan 11, 2014, from [F Kennedy Biography online]
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Rejected matches › › Patrick John Kennedy (abt.1914-) › Patrick Jerome Kennedy Jr. (1933-2015) › Patrick Joseph Kennedy Sr. (1909-1967) › Eric Joseph Kennedy › › William J. Kennedy › William J. Kennedy II › William G. Kennedy › Thomas Joseph Kennedy (abt.1913-1943)
Joseph is 16 degrees from John Adams, 19 degrees from Calvin Coolidge, 18 degrees from Dwight Eisenhower, 14 degrees from John Hanson, 14 degrees from William Harrison, 14 degrees from Thomas Jefferson, 16 degrees from Abraham Lincoln, 14 degrees from James Monroe, 11 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt, 11 degrees from Martin Van Buren, 14 degrees from George Washington and 19 degrees from Jana Diamond on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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