John P. Enright Jr.
Seaman Second Class • U.S. Navy • Serial 06507317
USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43)
Entered service from New Jersey • Died November 12, 1942
Missing in action or buried at sea — Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia
Awards: Purple Heart
Introduction
USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43).
Seaman Second Class John Peter Enright Jr. was born in Pennsylvania around 1922. He was the son of John P. Enright and his wife Marie. His father worked as a bus driver. The family moved from Philadelphia to 49 Essex Avenue in Delaware Township (modern-day Cherry Hill) NJ at some point after 1935 and prior to the 1940 Census.
Seaman Second Class Enright was serving on the transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43) when she was torpedoed off Fedala, Morocco, on November 12, 1942. John Enright was survived by his father, John P. Enright Sr., of the Essex Avenue address.