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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron

    Regiment:

    Air Group 13

    Division:

    U.S.S. Franklin

    Action Date:

    October 12, 1944

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class Grier P. Osborne (NSN: 2449507), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Gunner of a Torpedo Bomber in Air Group THIRTEEN, embarked in U.S.S. FRANKLIN, over Formosa, on 12 October 1944.