Navy Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Ben Jepson
12/04/1916 - 12/05/2013 Dad passed away peacefully in his sleep just hours after his 97th birthday. Ben B. Jepson was born December 4, 1916 in Mendon, Utah. He was the son of James Anthony Jepson and Loretta Prince. Ben joined the U.S. Navy shortly after high school and was pilot for many of his 21 years of service. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor during the attack of December 7, 1941 and personally patched almost 200 bullet holes in the PBY to which he was assigned; one of the few which...