Douglas Harold Fox

Douglas Harold Faox
Born	March 26, 1905(1905-03-26) Walled Lake, Michigan
Died	November 13, 1942(1942-11-13) (aged 37) KIA at Guadalcanal
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1926-1942
Rank	Lieutenant Commander
Commands held	USS Barton
Battles/wars	World War II *Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Awards	Navy Cross (2) Purple Heart

Douglas Harold Fox (26 March 1905 - 13 November 1942) was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy. He died during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II.

Biography

Born in Walled Lake, Michigan, Douglas Fox graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 3 June 1926. After service in various ships and shore stations, he was given command of the newly commissioned destroyer Barton (DD-599) on 29 May 1942.

Lieutenant Commander Fox went down with his ship when she was torpedoed and sunk in the naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. Fox also later received an Award star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for earlier actions on 26 and 30 October and 3 November in which he had rescued downed aviators and survivors of Hornet (CV-8) under hazardous conditions.

Namesake

See USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) for a destroyer named in his honor.

See also

	Biography portal
	United States Navy portal
	World War II portal

References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

• history.navy.mil: USS Douglas H. Fox, Dictionary of Naval Fighting Ships.

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Name	Fox, Douglas Harold
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Date of birth	26 March 1905
Place of birth	Walled Lake, Michigan
Date of death	13 November 1942
Place of death	KIA at Guadalcanal