Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Fighter Squadron 192 (VF-192)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Princeton (CV-37)

    Action Date:

    April 21, 1951

    All Hands (July 1952)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Richard Marshall Ruppenthal (NSN: 0-505805), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-TWO (VA-192), embarked in U.S.S. PRINCETON (CV-37), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 21 April 1951.