- Fay B. Begor
Fay Broughton Begor (
15 October 1916 –9 September 1943 ) was an officer in theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II .Begor was born in
Moriah, New York , on15 October 1916 , and received hisM.D. fromMcGill University . Appointed a Lieutenant (junior grade), USNR, in 1942, Dr. Begor was killed in action on board alanding craft in thePacific on9 September 1943 . He was posthumously awarded theNavy Cross .Namesake
In 1944, USS "Begor" (APD-127) was named in his honor.
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References
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External links
[http://mcgillremembers.mcgill.ca/ww2/stories/begor/uss_begor.htm USS Begor ] at mcgillremembers.mcgill.ca
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