Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Action Date:

    November 11, 1966

    All Hands (November 1967)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade James Gradey Jones (NSN: 0-680941), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight on 11 November 1966, as flak suppressor in a two-carrier strike effort against the Ninh Binh railroad yards which were formidably defended by anti-aircraft fire.