fighting and saving his ship, and strongly protested against being carried from the bridge. Other honors On July 4, 1943, the destroyer , named in his honor, was christened by his widow. Portrayals Captain Bennion was portrayed by Peter Firth in the 2001 film, Pearl Harbor. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II References Notes Citations General sources Sherman L. Fleek, Saints of Valor: Mormon Medal of Honor Recipients, (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books) 2013, chapter 2. Attribution 1887 births 1941 deaths Latter Day Saints from Utah United States Navy personnel of World War I United States Navy personnel killed in World War II United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients People from Tooele County, Utah United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy officers Deaths by airstrike during World War II Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery Deaths by Japanese airstrikes during the attack on Pearl Harbor World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor Captains who went down with the ship Latter Day Saints from Idaho