(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Franklin S. McKeever (NSN: 0-173483), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Torpedo Bombing Squadron FOURTEEN (VTB-14), over the Philippine Islands area on 21 September 1944.
Sponsored by:
Franklin
S.
McKeever
MIA (WWII) KIA
Home:
,
New York
Buried:
Manila
,
Philippine Islands
Cemetery:
A.B.M.C. Manila
Awards Received
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
Service:
United States NavyRank:
Lieutenant, Junior GradeBatallion:
Torpedo Bombing Squadron 14 (VTB-14)Action Date:
September 21, 1944
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 360 (February 1947)