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Burras
A.
Critcher
, Jr.

Home:

Williamston

, 

North Carolina

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade [then Ensign]

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 19 (VF-19)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Lexington (CV-16)

    Action Date:

    October 24 – 25, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 364 (June 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade [then Ensign] Burras A. Critcher, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Fighting Squadron NINETEEN (VF-19), embarked in U.S.S. LEXINGTON (CV-16), over Leyte Gulf on 24 and 25 October 1944.