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Navy Federal Credit Union
Benjamin
P.
Limehouse
, Jr.
MIA (WWII) KIA

Home:

Birmingham

, 

Alabama

Buried: 

Honolulu

, 

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial of the Pacific Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Bennington (CV-20)

    Action Date:

    March 1, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 343 (October 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Benjamin P. Limehouse, Jr. (NSN: 0-116779), 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. BENNINGTON (CV-20) over Nansei Shoto on 1 March 1945.