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Navy Federal Credit Union
Sabe
Legatos
MIA (WWII) KIA

Home:

Sacramento

, 

California

Buried: 

Honolulu

, 

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial of the Pacific Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Fanshaw Bay

    Action Date:

    October 25, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 345 (December 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Sabe Legatos (NSN: 0-278197), United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane embarked in U.S.S. FANSHAW BAY during the Battle for Leyte Gulf, 25 October 1944.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 12 (VF-12)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Randolph (CV-15)

    Action Date:

    February 16, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 348 (March 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Junior Grade Sabe Legatos (NSN: 0-278197), United States Navy, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against an armed enemy as a Pilot in Fighting Squadron TWELVE (VF-12), embarked in U.S.S. RANDOLPH (CV-15), off Tokyo, on 16 February 1945. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.