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Carol
Elwood
Minick
KIA (WWII)

Home:

Hazelhurst

, 

Georgia

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Hoggatt Bay

    Action Date:

    January 5, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 348 (March 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Carol Elwood Minick, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Torpedo Plane Pilot embarked in U.S.S. HOGGATT BAY on 5 January 1944.