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:

    March 10, 1951

    All Hands (June 1952)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign William Ernest Patton (NSN: 0-508047), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-TWO (VF-192), attached to U.S.S. PRINCETON (CV-37), during operations against enemy forces in the Korean area on 10 March 1951.