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Navy Federal Credit Union
Robert
H.
Price
KIA (WWII)

Home:

Shelbyville

, 

Illinois

Buried: 

Manila

, 

Philippine Islands

Cemetery:

A.B.M.C. Manila

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Action Date:

    December 18, 1944
    American Battle Monuments Commission

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander Robert H. Price (NSN: 0-79010), United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as Acting Air Officer of an aircraft carrier in the Philippine Sea on 18 December 1944.

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Cowpens

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander Robert H. Price (NSN: 0-79010), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot and Leader of a Fighting Squadron embarked in U.S.S. COWPENS over Wake, Truk, Hollandia, Marshalls, Marianas and Palau Islands during World War II.