Vail obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Vail, Powell P., Jr.     17 May 2009    Jun 2009    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in the Hammond Daily Star on:  5/17/2009

VAIL, POWELL P., JR.
Capt. Powell P. Vail, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired) passed away at the age of 
90 in the Community Hospice of Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday, May 10, 
2009. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Frances, and is survived by 
his sister, Joan Vail Thorne; his niece and nephews, Tracy, Vail, and John 
Thorne; his stepsons, Jim and Randolph Mahoney and their children, Sarah 
Johnson and Meredith and Alex Mahoney, respectively.  Capt. Vail was born 
in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, 
Class of 1941. His first duty station was on the battleship, USS West 
Virginia, which came under attack and sank in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 
1941.  He went on to an illustrious career in the Navy during WWII, Korea 
and Vietnam.  In WWII he served aboard numerous destroyers off North 
Africa and Sicily as well as in the Pacific theatre. He was later assigned 
several commands at sea and ashore that culminated in his being named 
Commander, Destroyer Squadron Six, the Navy's first all guided-missile 
ship squadron.  Capt. Vail was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple 
Heart, along with the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the European-
African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal 
among many others.  A memorial Mass will be celebrated in his honor at Our 
Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on 
Thursday, May 14th, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Hammond, 
Louisiana, where his parents are buried, on Monday, May 18th.  No flowers 
please. All offerings in Capt. Vail's memory should be sent to the 
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida.

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