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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Action Date:

    January 6, 1945

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade John F. Sargent, Jr. (NSN: 0-305875), United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a carrier-based fighter plane over Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945.