Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Fighter Squadron 884 (VF-884)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Boxer (CV-21)

    Action Date:

    May 29, 1951

    All Hands (July 1952)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Paul Laverne Schaefer (NSN: 0-465851), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Fighter Squadron EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR (VF-884), embarked in U.S.S. Boxer (CV-21), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 29 May 1951.