Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
John
S.
Weeks
MIA (WWII) KIA

Home:

Patchogue

, 

New York

Buried: 

Honolulu

, 

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial of the Pacific Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Bombing-Fighting Squadron 85 (VBF-85)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV-38)

    Action Date:

    July 15, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade John S. Weeks (NSN: 0-320747), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Bombing-Fighting Squadron EIGHTY-FIVE (VBF-85), embarked in U.S.S. SHANGRI-LA (CV-38), over Otaru Harbor, on 15 July 1945.