Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Gerald
M.
Sullivan
, Jr.
MIA (WWII) KIA

Home:

Newtonville

, 

Massachusetts

Buried: 

Manila

, 

Philippine Islands

Cemetery:

A.B.M.C. Manila

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Division:

    U.S.S. Hancock

    Action Date:

    October 26, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 345 (December 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Gerald M. Sullivan, Jr. (NSN: 0-106260), United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Section Leader of a division of four Fighter Planes embarked in U.S.S. HANCOCK during the Battle for Leyte Gulf on 26 October 1944.

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Hancock

    Action Date:

    January 12, 1945
    American Battle Monuments Commission

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Gerald M. Sullivan, Jr. (NSN: 0-106260), United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Leader of a section of Fighter Planes embarked in U.S.S. HANCOCK on 12 January 1945.