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Barham
F.
Dillard

Home:

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, 

South Carolina

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 10 (VC-10)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Gambier Bay (CVE-72)

    Action Date:

    October 25, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 365 (July 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Barham F. Dillard, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Composite Squadron TEN (VC-10), embarked in U.S.S. GAMBIER BAY (CVE-72), during the invasion of Leyte Gulf on 25 October 1944.