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Walter
C.
Young

Home:

Robstown

, 

Texas

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade]

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 127 (VB-127)

    Action Date:

    July 31, 1943
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 354 (September 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] Walter C. Young, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a PV-1 in Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN (VB-127) in the South Atlantic area on 31 July 1943.