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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class

    Batallion:

    Patrol Bombing Squadron 119 (VPB-119)

    Action Date:

    May 15, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 353 (August 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Ralph J. Henderson, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as aircrewman in Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN in the Pacific from 3 March 1945 to 15 May 1945.