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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 93 (VC-93)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Petrof Bay

    Action Date:

    March 26 – May 15, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign George J. Vigeant, Jr. (NSN: 0-363776), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Composite Squadron NINETY-THREE (VC-93), embarked in U.S.S. PETROF BAY over the Ryukyu Islands area, from 26 March 1945 to 15 May 1945.