McCain, Admiral John Sidney

1884 - 1945  (61 years)

• Name	McCain, John Sidney
  Title	Admiral
  Birth	9 Aug 1884	Carroll County, Mississippi
  Gender	Male
  Name	Slew
  Reference Number	35221
  Death	6 Sep 1945	California
  Person ID	I34545	Caswell County
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	McCain, John Sidney,   b. 1851, Mississippi d. 1934 (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Young, Elizabeth Ann,   b. 1855, Mississippi d. 1922 (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1877
  Reference Number	500810
  Family ID	F13235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vaulx, Catherine Davey,   b. 9 Jan 1876, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas d. 29 May 1959, San Diego, San Diego County, California (Age 83 years)
  Reference Number	500823
  Children	+ 1. McCain, Admiral John Sidney Jr.,   b. 17 Jan 1911, Council Bluffs, Iowa d. 22 Mar 1981 (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F13236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 9 Aug 1884 - Carroll County, Mississippi Death - 6 Sep 1945 - California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  John Sidney McCain Sr. (August 9, 1884 –September 6, 1945) was a U.S. Navy Admiral. He held several command assignments during the Pacific campaign of World War II. McCain was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations[1] who in 1942 commanded all land-based air operations in support of the Guadalcanal campaign, and who ultimately in 1944–1945 aggressively led the Fast Carrier Task Force, in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. His operations off the Philippines and Okinawa, and air strikes against Formosa and the Japanese home islands, caused tremendous destruction of Japanese naval and air forces in the closing period of the war.[2] He died four days after the formal Japanese surrender ceremony. He is the father of Admiral John S. McCain, Jr.; they became the first father-son pair ever to achieve four star admiral rank in the U.S. Navy. He is the grandfather of U.S. Senator from Arizona and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John S. McCain III. _______________ Vice Admiral John S. McCain (grandfather of U.S. Senator John S. McCain) came on board as the Task Force Commander. Fitzgerald tells of meeting Admiral McCain one night while he was serving watch. After finding out that Fitzgerald was from North Carolina, the Admiral told him of his own North Carolina ancestors who had settled in Caswell County after coming over from Scotland and had later fought for the Confederacy. Source: Possums, Pigs, and Preachers, Bernard R. Fitzgerald (2001).