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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Radioman Third Class

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 96 (VC-96)

    Action Date:

    March 25 – June 22, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 354 (September 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Radioman Third Class Gene H. Kaylor (NSN: 8572582), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Aircrewman in a Torpedo Bomber in Composite Squadron NINETY-SIX (VC-96), over Okinawa and Sakishima area from 25 March 1945 to 22 June 1945.