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Navy Federal Credit Union
Wilbur
D.
Dandy
DNB (1944)

Home:

Sioux Rapids

, 

Iowa

Buried: 

Honolulu

, 

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial of the Pacific Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class

    Action Date:

    December 19, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 345 (December 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Wilbur D. Dandy (NSN: 8717271), United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) for heroic conduct following a plane crash at Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, on 19 December 1944.