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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade]

    Batallion:

    Patrol Bombing Squadron 136 (VPB-136)

    Action Date:

    August 26, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 353 (August 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] John Arthur Dingle (NSN: 0-130146), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Patrol Bomber in Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED SIX (VPB-106), in the vicinity of Paramushiro Straits on 26 August 1944.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (USSR)

    Action Date:

    World War II

    CNO Serial NDBDM/2428 (December 2, 1991)

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade John Arthur Dingle (NSN: 0-130146), United States Naval Reserve, was held as a Prisoner of War in the Soviet Union after he was shot down during World War II.