- He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and the Air Medal for heroism.
- Joe was always expected to have been the Kennedy that would become President of the United States. After his tragic death, the mantle fell to his brother John who did become President in 1960.
- He was killed on August 12, 1944 while flying a secret mission to knock out Hitler's V1 Rockets. His plane, weighted down with explosives, exploded over the English Channel. The reasons why the plane exploded remain a mystery.
- Uncle of Maria Shriver, Tim Shriver, Robert Shriver, Mark Shriver, Anthony Shriver, Rory Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr., Christopher Lawford, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy II, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kerry Kennedy, Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, Maxwell Kennedy, William Kennedy Smith, Kara Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Jr., and Caroline Kennedy.
- Played on Harvard's 1937 football team with Kiyo Tashiro.
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